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Henson v. HHS, No. 14-908, 2015 WL 1740080 (S.D. Ill. Apr. 13, 2015) (Herndon, J.)

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Henson v. HHS, No. 14-908, 2015 WL 1740080 (S.D. Ill. Apr. 13, 2015) (Herndon, J.)

Re: Forty-six individual FOIA requests

Disposition: Granting defendants' motion to dismiss

  • Litigation Considerations:  The court holds that "FOIA does not create a cause of action for a suit against an individual employee of a federal agency" and "federal agencies unmistakably remain the only proper defendant to FOIA claims."
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Updated June 26, 2015