Legal Opinion
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 25, 2022No. Civil Action No. 2019-2743Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUDICIAL WATCH, INC., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-02743 (CJN) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The sole issue in this Freedom of Information Act case is whether the government’s partial redactions of a single document are justified. The Court concludes that they are. Background In July 2019, Judicial Watch submitted identical FOIA requests to the FBI and DOJ’s FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit. Pl.’s Response to Def.’s SMF ¶ 1. The requests sought the electronic communication that initiated an FBI…
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