Legal Opinion
Democracy Forward Found. v. Dep't of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 7, 2018No. Case No. 18-cv-00734 (APM)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge *57I. INTRODUCTION
This case involves a rare ask for a stay by a federal agency in responding to a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request under the D.C. Circuit's decision in Open America v. Watergate Special Prosecution Force , 547 F.2d 605 (D.C. Cir. 1976). Defendant Department of Justice maintains that a stay is warranted due to an unexpected, dramatic increase in FOIA requests received by the agency over the last two years. Defendant submits that, acting within the agency's resource constraints, it has exercised due diligence in responding to…
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