Posts Tagged ‘District of Columbia’
FBI Ordered to Speed Up FOIA Document Production
By Christopher Zoukis A judge in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the FBI to greatly increase the speed at which it is producing documents responsive to a professor’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The request was made by Professor Nina Gilden Seavey, a documentary filmmaker and professor…
Read MoreFederal Halfway House Contractor Files Unsuccessful Suit Against Bureau of Prisons
By Christopher Zoukis On August 3, 2015, Bannum, Inc., a provider and operator of halfway houses for federal prisoners following their release, filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the federal Bureau of Prisons and various BOP officials, alleging they had “engaged in a pattern of conduct…
Read MoreDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of FOIA Request
By Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision to dismiss the appeal of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) records request on June 28, 2016. Florent Bayala sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after it failed to properly respond to his FOIA…
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