Barth v. United States, No. 22-955, 2022 WL 17719572 (D.D.C. Dec. 15, 2022) (Boasberg, J.)

Barth v. United States, No. 22-955, 2022 WL 17719572 (D.D.C. Dec. 15, 2022) (Boasberg, J.)

Re:  Possible request for records

Disposition:  Granting defendants’ motion to dismiss

• Litigation Considerations, Pleadings:  The court finds “nothing in [plaintiff’s] Complaint supports a claim that he is seeking specific federal records or has submitted an appropriately exhausted request under FOIA.”  “He makes passing reference to a separate FOIA request he submitted to the Department of Justice on February 25, 2021, ‘for all information held about the Plaintiff’ – but his present Complaint does not challenge the withholding of such records or seek their release.”  “Indeed, the only relief he demands is monetary compensation based on the alleged racketeering scheme.”  “He accordingly fails to state a claim for relief under FOIA.”