Reyes v. DOI, No. 17-1612, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153337 (S.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2017) (Battaglia, J.)

Reyes v. DOI, No. 17-1612, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153337 (S.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2017) (Battaglia, J.)

Re:  Request for records concerning several third parties

Disposition:  Directing Clerk of Court to issue summons

• Litigation Considerations, Pleadings:  "[T]he Court finds [plaintiff's] allegations provide Defendants with sufficient information regarding his claim; as such, the complaint is sufficient to survive the Court's sua sponte screening."  The court relates that "[plaintiff] seeks access to twenty responsive documents to his Freedom of Information Act  request[,] . . . alleges the Bureau of Indian Affairs wrongly failed to release these documents, [alleges] that he has exhausted all administrative remedies[,] . . . [and] seeks declaratory and injunctive relief."