Legal Opinion

El Badrawi v. Department of Homeland Security

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided September 30, 2008No. Civil Action 3:07-cv-372 (JCH)PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [Doc. Nos. 15, 20, 25, 39, 57]

JANET C. HALL, District Judge.

This action is brought under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Plaintiff, Rashad Ahmad Refaat El Badrawi, seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to compel disclosure of records held by the defendants, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), the Department of State (“DOS”), and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”).

On October 19, 2006, El Badrawi submitted FOIA requests to three component agencies of DHS — Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), Citizenship and…

2Cases cited38 opinions

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