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Dean v. DOJ, No. 16-5137, 2016 WL 7438663 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 21, 2016) (per curiam)

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Dean v. DOJ, No. 16-5137, 2016 WL 7438663 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 21, 2016) (per curiam)

Re: Request for records concerning requester

Disposition: Affirming district court's grant of agencies' motion for summary affirmance; affirming district court's denial of requester's motion to appoint counsel

  • Procedural Requirements, Searching for Responsive Records: The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit holds that "[t]he district court correctly determined that the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) search for responsive records fulfilled its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act[.]" "The DEA's failure 'to turn up one specific document in its search does not alone render [its] search inadequate.'" "Further, the DEA's failure to contact former employees or employees of other agencies did not render the search inadequate."
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Court of Appeals opinions
Procedural Requirements, Searching for Responsive Records
Updated December 16, 2021