Scope: Federal
Branch: Judicial
Severity: Green
Date occurred: January 24, 2025
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision in Human Rights Defense Center v. United States Park Police, a Freedom of Information Act suit seeking records from the federal agency. The opinion was issued January 24, 2025.
Constitutional basis: Routine Article III review of an agency's FOIA disclosure obligations under a long-settled statutory scheme Congress expressly made judicially enforceable.