U.S. Department
of Justice
Amawi v. BOP, No. 13-cv-00536-GPM, 2013 WL 3467074 (S.D. Ill. July 10, 2013) (Murphy, J.)
Date
Re: Request for records regarding creation and management of Communications Management Unit (CMU) within United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, management of the CMU, and treatment of Muslim prisoners within CMU
Disposition: Granting in part defendant's motion to dismiss
- Proper Party Defendant: The court accepts plaintiff's allegations as true and orders the case to proceed against BOP. The court dismisses the individual defendants named in the case because "federal agencies are the only proper parties in FOIA litigation."
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