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Gray v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth., No. 16-1792, 2017 WL 511910 (D. Md. Feb. 8, 2017) (Chasanow, J.)

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Gray v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth., No. 16-1792, 2017 WL 511910 (D. Md. Feb. 8, 2017) (Chasanow, J.)

 

Re: Request for records concerning incident between plaintiff and defendant

 

Disposition: Granting defendant's motion to dismiss

  • Procedural Requirements, Entities Subject to the FOIA: The court holds that "FOIA does not apply." The court explains that "[c]ourts have affirmed that WMATA is not a federal agency, but rather an interstate compact that serves as 'an "instrumentality and agency of each of the signatory parties – the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia."'"
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District Court opinions
Procedural Requirements, Entities Subject to the FOIA
Updated December 10, 2021