Legal Opinion

Kendrick v. Drug Enforcement Administration

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided March 10, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2021-1624Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JAMES DEAN KENDRICK, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 21-cv-01624 (TNM) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION James Dean Kendrick is serving a life sentence on drug-related convictions. Mem. Op., ECF No. 26, at 1. He has filed FOIA requests to find evidence that he believes the Drug Enforcement Administration retained about prosecutorial errors in his case. Id. After the DEA completed one round of record searches, Kendrick challenged them as inadequate. Id. This Court held that the DEA had not properly explained two of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  3. GUILLERMO FELIPE DUEÑAS ITURRALDE v. COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCYCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
  4. Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Food & Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
  5. Hayden v. National Security Agency/Central Security ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979

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