Legal Opinion
Butt v. U.S. Department of State
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 19, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2019-0155Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BABAR JAVED BUTT, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-155 (JEB) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Pro se Plaintiff Babar Javed Butt seeks a fee waiver for his substantial Freedom of Information Act request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As he does not satisfy the standard for such waivers, the Court will deny the Motion. I. Background Butt is currently a federal prisoner in Texas in immigration-related removal proceedings. See ECF No. 11 (Am. Compl.) at 2. In the hopes of avoiding such…
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