FoiaConsciousness.com LLC v. National Archives & Records Administration

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 FOIACONSCIOUSNESS.COM LLC, Case No. 24-cv-00997-JD

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. 9

10 NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 13 Plaintiff FoiaConsciousness.com LLC (FC) alleges that the National Archives & Records 14 Administration (NARA) withheld two versions of the Zapruder film, the famed motion picture 15 sequence of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, in response to a 16 request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. See generally Dkt. No. 1. 17 Both sides filed motions for summary judgment on the FOIA claim. Dkt. Nos. 43, 44. 18 When there are no genuine disputes of material fact, which is the situation here, “FOIA 19 cases are appropriately ‘resolved by the district court on summary judgment.’” Asian Am. 20 Advancing Just. -- Asian Law Caucus v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., No. 21-cv-02844-JD, 2022 21 WL 3579886, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 19, 2022); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. The parties’ 22 familiarity…