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Matthew C Zorn v. U.S. Department of Justice et al.

  1. November 21, 2023

    DEA Public Disclosure Process 'Kafka Like,' Texas Atty Claims

    An attorney suing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, alleging it withheld public records, urged a Texas federal court to preserve the case and defended his challenge to agency policies and practices "that frustrate disclosure."

  2. July 27, 2023

    DEA Runs Internal Proceedings In A 'Star Chamber,' Atty Says

    An attorney suing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration over its Freedom of Information Act compliance practices accused the agency and its administrators of running a "star chamber" by conducting internal administrative proceedings without proper public oversight.

  3. May 23, 2023

    DOJ Tells Court DEA Is Not An 'Agency' For FOIA Purposes

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday told a Texas federal judge that the Drug Enforcement Administration is not an agency for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act and urged the court to reject a lawyer's claim that the office unlawfully failed to maintain its own FOIA compliance officer.

  4. April 25, 2023

    DOJ Wants New Claims Nixed In FOIA Suit Over DEA Records

    The Department of Justice is asking a Texas federal court to throw out seven out of nine claims in an amended complaint alleging that the Drug Enforcement Administration's Freedom of Information Act policies serve to stifle requests, saying the attorney bringing the suit has no standing for those claims.

  5. February 22, 2023

    Atty Pushes Back After DOJ Says DEA Not An Agency

    An attorney who brought a Freedom of Information Act suit against the Drug Enforcement Administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday for a judgment declaring that the DEA is, in fact, a government agency, despite what Department of Justice officials have said.

  6. October 06, 2022

    DOJ Wants Drug-Related FOIA Practices Suit Thrown Out

    U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration are asking a Texas federal court to throw out claims that the DEA has a practice of stonewalling Freedom of Information Act requests, saying the complaint doesn't show that the DEA's response to requests about psilocybin was improper.

  7. July 19, 2022

    Attys Say DEA Stonewalled Drug-Related FOIA Requests

    The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been unlawfully stonewalling Freedom of Information Act requests seeking clarity about terminally ill patients' right to try psilocybin, according to a new lawsuit filed Tuesday in Texas federal court.