July 2020 FOIA Litigation with Five-Year Monthly Trends

By FOIA Project, Sept. 8, 2020

During the month of July 2020 federal district courts saw a total of 75 new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits filed under 5 U.S.C. 552. To place this number in perspective, 75 new filings compares with a monthly average of 66 filings during the last 12 months. This month’s total brought overall FOIA filings on an annual basis for these last 12 months to 797.

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