Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 18, 2018No. 14-17339PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
The United States Department. of Justice (DOJ) appeals the district court’s order that it produce two documents contained within the USABook, an internal DOJ resource manual for federal prosecutors, in response to the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California’s (ACLU-NC) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA or “the Act”) request. The documents relate to DOJ’s use of. electronic surveillance and tracking devices in criminal investigations. DOJ maintains that the USABook sections are exempt from production under FOIA because they are attorney work product,…
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