HAMDAN v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 13-55172.

797 F.3d 759 (2015)

Naji Jawdat HAMDAN; Hossam Hemdan; ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; Federal Bureau of Investigation, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. National Central Bureau-Interpol, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice; National Security Division, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice; Department of State; United States Central Intelligence Agency; United States Department of Defense; Defense Intelligence Agency, A component of the U.S. Department of Defense; Defense Office of Freedom of Information, a component of the U.S. Department of Defense; Bureau of Customs & Border Protection, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Transportation Security Administration, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Office of Director of National Intelligence; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Office of Intelligence and Analysis, a Component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ahilan T. Arulanantham and Michael Kaufman , ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Laboni A. Hoq (argued), Zulaikha Aziz , and Nicole Gon Ochi , Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Matthew M. Collette and H. Thomas Byron III (argued), Attorneys, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; André Birotte, Jr. , United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD R. KORMAN, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

Naji Hamdan, Hossam Hemdan, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California (collectively, "Plaintiffs") appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to several federal agencies in Plaintiffs' suit under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). Plaintiffs contend that: (1) two agencies did not conduct...

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