No ‘Bad Faith’ Basis for FOIA Discovery 
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Published: April 3, 2012
Tags: Administrative, Judge James C. Cacheris, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
In a law firm’s FOIA action to compel production of records from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command relating to the firm’s clients, Unconventional Concepts Inc. and Michael I. Hopmeier, the Alexandria U.S. District Court declines to order discovery at this stage and says the government may file its Vaughn index with its motion for ...
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