Legal Opinion
Property of the People, Inc. v. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 24, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2017-1728Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE, INC., et al. Plaintiffs, No. 17-cv-1728 (EGS) v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs Property of the People, Inc., a non-profit organization, and its founder, Ryan Noah Shapiro, bring this lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. Plaintiffs seek records from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”)—a component of DOJ—concerning its investigative and non- investigative files of a former Congressman…
2Cases cited67 opinions
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