Legal Opinion
Canning v. U.S. Dep't of State
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 24, 2018No. Civil Action No. 13-831 (RDM); Civil Action No. 15-1245 (RDM)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge
This action involves two overlapping Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, requests for State Department records, and two lawsuits seeking to compel the Department to release those records. The first request, submitted by Plaintiffs George Canning and Jeffrey Steinberg ("the Canning Plaintiffs"), sought (1) a 2010 memorandum from the President to his foreign policy advisors, entitled "Presidential Study Directive 11" ("PSD-11"), and related records, and (2) records concerning the Muslim Brotherhood. Dkt. 72-4 at 2. That request is…
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