Aguirre
Aguirre v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 MICHAEL J. AGUIRRE, Case No. 19-cv-495-BAS-BLM 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
v. [ECF No. 10]
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION,
15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Michael Aguirre filed a complaint against Defendant United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”). In sum, in December 2018, Plaintiff requested two productions of documents from the NRC pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), U.S.C. § 552. Plaintiff now seeks a declaratory judgment that the NRC’s failure to respond to his requests was unlawful, an order compelling the NRC to release the documents, and attorney’s fees. (“Compl.,” ECF No. 1.) I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff alleges there is a “pattern of safety violations” occurring on a site that stores nuclear waste in San Diego, California. (Compl. ¶ 4.) Plaintiff alleges the NRC, the agency in charge of regulating the storage of the nuclear waste, is not ¶¶ 3,…