SHAPIRO v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 20-5318.

40 F.4th 609 (2022)

Ryan Noah SHAPIRO, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Light argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Michael A. Tilghman II , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. On the brief were R. Craig Lawrence , Peter C. Pfaffenroth , and Kenneth A. Adebonojo , Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Before: Tatel, Wilkins, and Rao, Circuit Judges.


This appeal arises from a series of Freedom of Information Act requests seeking records related to the animal rights movement. During five years of litigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation produced tens of thousands of pages of responsive documents. The district court found that the FBI had adequately searched for responsive...

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