Legal Opinion
Pena-Martinez v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 26, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2018-0022Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MANUEL PENA-MARTINEZ, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 18–cv–0022 (CRC) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant. OPINION AND ORDER Federal inmate and pro se plaintiff Manuel Pena-Martinez (“Pena” 1) submitted a FOIA request to the FBI seeking information about one Arturo Ortiz Colon (“Colon”), whom he identifies as an FBI confidential informant. Gov’t Statement of Material Facts (“SMF”), ECF No. 19, ¶ 2. Pena sought records reflecting who within the FBI authorized Colon to be an informant and pose as a corrupt FBI agent as part of a sting…
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