Legal Opinion
Shapiro v. U.S. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 22, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2013-0555PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge
The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA” or the “Act”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq,, was enacted to promote transparency and accountability in how the federal government discharges its numerous and far-ranging responsibilities. This case raises a variety of questions relating to how FOIA applies to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (“FBI”) discharge of one of those duties — its responsibility to comply with FOIA itself. This is, in short, a case about how the FBI applies FOIA to FOIA.
Plaintiffs are several nonprofit organizations…
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