KXTV, LLC v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 KXTV, LLC dba ABC10, No. 2:19-cv-00415-JAM-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND

IMMIGRATION SERVICES,

14 Defendant. 15 On March 7, 2019, KXTV, LLC (“Plaintiff”) filed suit against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“Defendant”) after it withheld agency records on intervenor, Omar Abdulsattar Ameen (“Ameen”). Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges Defendant violated the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, in doing so. Id. Defendant filed a Motion for Summary Judgment asserting Plaintiff is not entitled to the records because they are subject to FOIA exemptions that prohibit their release. Mot. Summ. J. (“Mot.”), ECF No. 21. Plaintiff opposed the motion with Ameen’s support. Opp’n, ECF No. 22; Mem. in Supp. of Opp’n, ECF No. 27. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. …