RAHIM v. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE SUFFOLK DISTRICT

SJC-12884.

486 Mass. 544 (2020)

RAHIMAH RAHIM v. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE SUFFOLK DISTRICT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 31, 2020.

Corrected January 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kate R. Cook for the plaintiff.

Donna Jalbert Patalano , Assistant District Attorney, for the defendant.

Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant United States Attorney General, Hashim M. Mooppan , Deputy Assistant United States Attorney General, H. Thomas Byron, III , & Joshua K. Handell , of the District of Columbia, Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, & Brian M. LaMacchia , Assistant United States Attorney, for the United States, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, & KAFKER, JJ.


During the course of investigating a fatal shooting by Federal and State law enforcement officials, the office of the district attorney for the Suffolk district (district attorney) requested and received assorted materials related to the incident from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). We now decide whether these materials qualify...

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