Legal Opinion
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 19, 2009No. Civil Action 09-633 (RWR)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) filed a complaint under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (“FOIA”), alleging that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“the Board”) wrongfully failed to produce any agency records that the plaintiff requested. The Board has moved under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. Because CREW did not exhaust its administrative remedies, the defendant’s motion to dismiss, treated in part as…
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