Marc Cohodes v. United States Department of Justice
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division MARC COHODES, Case No. 20-cv-04015-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., 15 Defendants.
INTRODUCTION The plaintiff asks the government to produce versions of the four redacted documents (submitted in camera for the court’s review) that disclose the following: (1) the name of the “MDXG Friend” who sent the anonymous email (FBI 20-cv-0415-280); (2) the name and email address of the individual who forwarded the anonymous email to the FBI (FBI 20-cv-0415-768); (3) the names of the three witnesses interviewed by the government in January 2018 (Treasury Memo 1); (4) the names of the two witnesses interviewed by the government in February 2018 (Treasury Memo 2); and (5) the email address of the person who offered information about Mr. Cohodes in exchange for BitCoin (Treasury Memo 2). The government asserts FOIA Exemptions 6 and 7(C) as grounds…