Legal Opinion
Center for Immigration Studies v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 16, 2022No. Civil Action No. 2022-0117Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:22-cv-00117 (TNM) v. U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION This FOIA case presents a recurring problem: A broadly worded request that yields a mountain of responsive documents at the cost of herculean efforts from the target agency. The Center for Immigration Studies requested all emails from three high-ranking officials at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) over the course of about nine months. USCIS moves to dismiss the…
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