McKenzie-El v. IRS, No. 19-1956, 2020 WL 902546 (D. Md. Feb. 24, 2020) (Hollander, J.)

McKenzie-El v. IRS, No. 19-1956, 2020 WL 902546 (D. Md. Feb. 24, 2020) (Hollander, J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning plaintiff's bankruptcy claim

Disposition:  Dismissing plaintiff's FOIA claim

• Litigation Considerations, Pleadings & Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies:  The court holds that "plaintiff has not adequately alleged that he has exhausted his administrative remedies, rendering his federal lawsuit premature."  The court finds that "there is no allegation that plaintiff exhausted his administrative remedies by seeking further review from the IRS of its initial response to his request."  "To the contrary, plaintiff has done little more than allege that he requested documents from the IRS and did not receive the information that he requested."