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Larry Welenc v. Department of Justice, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 20-5025


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021

Questions presented

1.) Can a US District Court Judge determine that a an excised Document released under The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, consisting only of a blank sheet of paper and a page number falls under a FOIA Exemption, without having been informed of that document’s contents ? 2.) Can the FBI keep an unspecified alleged investigation of a citizen open for 32 years based on an alleged surveillance photo from 1988 or any other basis or is this a violation of the Statute of limitations ? 3.) Is a litigant before a US Court District Court entitled to a decision from the Court and the FBI on Motion for a Declaration that no judge had been approached or has had an exparte communications with the FBI or their attorney justified by an unsubstantiated claim of National Security before being required to respond to any Motion by the FBI and their Attorney? 4.) Is the FBI required or should they be required to release exonerating information in a civil matter, here in a FOIA comlaint, if they are the investigating agency in the matter to which the exonerating evidence refers?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Larry Welenc

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 24 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of Justice, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 17 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 9, 2021)