Legal Opinion
Muttitt v. United States Central Command
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 4, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2010-0202PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Greg Muttitt, brings this action against the U.S. Department of State (the “State Department”) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The plaintiff is an author who sought records from the State Department regarding the development of Iraq’s energy policy and national hydrocarbon law, for the purpose of writing a book on those subjects. 1 He now challenges several aspects of the State Department’s response to his five FOIA requests, including the propriety of the State Department’s denial of the…
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