Fuller v. United States, No. 16-20239, 2023 WL 4355040 (E.D. Mich. July 5, 2023) (Levy, J.)

Fuller v. United States, No. 16-20239, 2023 WL 4355040 (E.D. Mich. July 5, 2023) (Levy, J.)

Re:  Attempted request for certain records made through a court filing

Disposition:  Striking request as improper filing

• Procedural Requirements, Proper FOIA Requests:  The court holds that “the Freedom of Information Act . . . docket entry is improper.”  “Each agency publishes guidance regarding the methods by which the public can request information under FOIA.”  “A court docket in a criminal case is not the method to make such a request to an agency.”  “If Petitioner wishes to use FOIA to request materials from a government agency he must follow the agency’s requirements under FOIA, and may not use this Court’s docket in an effort to do so.”  “The Clerk’s office is directed to strike the FOIA request . . . as an improper filing.”