Legal Opinion

Sandoval v. U.S. Dep't of Justice

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 2, 2017No. Civil Action No. 16–1013 (ABJ)PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BACKGROUND

I. Plaintiff's FOIA/Privacy Act Requests to the FBI

A. Plaintiff's First Request

Plaintiff, who is currently in the custody of BOP in West Virginia, submitted a FOIA/Privacy Act ("FOIPA") request to the FBI on September 7, 2015, seeking documents related to his alleged activities between 1997 and 2015. Defs.' Statement of Material Facts as to Which There is no Genuine Issue [Dkt. # 17-1] ("Defs.' SOF") ¶ 2; Decl. of David M. Hardy [Dkt. # 17-3] ("Hardy Decl.") ¶ 5; Ex. A to Hardy Decl. [Dkt. # 17-3] ("First FBI FOIPA Request"). Specifically, he requested "[d]ocuments supporting that I…

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