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Cohens v. FBI, No. 16-03665, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40733 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 21, 2017) (Donato, J.)

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Cohens v. FBI, No. 16-03665, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40733 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 21, 2017) (Donato, J.)

 

Re: Request for certain records concerning plaintiff

 

Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss; allowing plaintiff time to amend complaint

  • Litigation Considerations, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies: The court finds that plaintiff's request "amounts to an initial request for information rather than a plausible claim that the FBI improperly denied a valid request." "The Court will give [plaintiff] one opportunity to amend to state a plausible FOIA claim mainly because he said in his opposition brief that the FBI denied his FOIA appeal[.]"

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District Court opinions
Litigation Considerations, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
Updated December 13, 2021