Harrington v. Food and Drug Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KOHL HARRINGTON, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 20-1895 (JEB) FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Kohl Harrington is a documentary filmmaker who has made a habit of submitting repeated Freedom of Information Act requests to the Food and Drug Administration about pet food. In this latest episode, he submitted eight such requests to FDA in spring 2020 and then filed this suit. In response, the agency has processed and produced thousands of pages of records, and only two of the eight requests…