Reaves v. Jewell

2 Citing cases

  1. Awah v. Mansfield Kaseman Health Clinic

    Civil Action 8:21-cv-00938-PX (D. Md. Dec. 30, 2021)   Cited 2 times
    Denying motion to dismiss Title VI claims against entity Defendant that received PPP loan

    These statutes reflect “Congressional concern with open government, and especially, accessibility to government records.” Greentree v. U.S. Customs Serv., 674 F.2d 74, 76 (D.C. Cir. 1982) (emphasis added). Whereas the Privacy Act allows “individuals on whom information is being compiled and retrieved the opportunity to review the information and request that the agency correct any inaccuracies, ” Williams v. ATF, No. PWG-15-1969, 2017 WL 3978580, at *4 (D. Md. Sept. 8, 2017) (quoting Blazy v. Tenet, 194 F.3d 90, 96 (D.C. Cir. 1999)), the Freedom of Information Act allows members of the public to “obtain documents from federal agencies, and grants federal district courts jurisdiction to review agency compliance with citizens' requests, ” Reaves v. Jewell, No. DKC-14-2245, 2014 WL 6698717, at *3 (D. Md. Nov. 26, 2014). But no Defendant in this case is a federal agency, and no additional facts will transform any of them into federal agencies.

  2. Williams v. U.S. Dept. of Justice

    Civil Action No. PWG-16-512 (D. Md. May. 27, 2016)

    FOIA "provides a mechanism for citizens to obtain documents from federal agencies, and grants federal district courts jurisdiction to review agency compliance with citizens' requests." Shortall v. Baltimore Dist. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. WMN-14-3904, 2015 WL 3545259, at *3 (D. Md. June 4, 2015) (quoting Reaves v. Jewell, Civ. No. DKC-14-2245, 2014 WL 6698717, at *3 (D. Md. Nov. 26, 2014)). Subject to certain statutory exemptions not at issue here, FOIA requires that federal agencies shall "upon any request for records which . . . reasonably describe such records . . . make the records promptly available to any person."