American Oversight v. Dep’t of Justice (D.D.C.) — in a case concerning access to “internal-training documents given to the DOJ personnel who reviewed and redacted the Epstein files,” denying the requester’s motion for a preliminary injunction ordering complete production before former Attorney General Bondi’s anticipated April 14, 2026 deposition before the House Oversight Committee; agreeing with the agency as to proper interpretation of the first factor of the relevant legal standard, namely, that the requester, “at a minimum, demonstrate its entitlement to expedited processing,” as set out in the FOIA statute; rejecting the requester’s alternative proposal that it only show entitlement to the records, as under this approach “a production injunction would be easier to obtain than an injunction for expedited processing,” which “make[s] little sense”; noting, further, that “no court in this district has ever granted a production preliminary injunction without first finding expedited processing warranted or noting that the Government had already agreed to expedite processing,” and neither has happened here; finally, with respect to irreparable harm, concluding that, while the “requested documents would be highly probative for . . . Bondi’s April 14 deposition,” “[t]here is no reason to think that the information Plaintiff seeks would become stale or irrelevant if produced” at a later date.
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