Ghassan v. DOJ, No. 22-1615, 2023 WL 1815650 (D.D.C. Feb. 8, 2023) (Moss, J.)

Ghassan v. DOJ, No. 22-1615, 2023 WL 1815650 (D.D.C. Feb. 8, 2023) (Moss, J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning “‘illegal order to be used for the killing of [plaintiff] and his family’”

Disposition:  Granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment

• Litigation Considerations, Mootness and Other Grounds for Dismissal:  The court finds that “the Department has ‘presented undisputed’ and convincing ‘evidence that it searched for [plaintiff’s] FOIA request in the places that [it] would have been located, but did not discover any such request.’”  “Because [plaintiff] has failed to controvert that evidence, the Court concludes that he ‘never properly initiated and exhausted the FOIA administrative process’ and ‘“is not entitled to maintain a civil action with respect”’ to the FOIA request described in his complaint.”