United States of America Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Scotland E. Williams

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• holding that the APA is the only avenue of review for a state criminal defendant aggrieved by Justice Department's refusal, pursuant to internal housekeeping regulations, to provide the defense with FBI files
• holding that sovereign immunity bars the state court from compelling the FBI to produce documents subpoenaed by a defendant in the course of a state criminal prosecution
• holding that the APA is the only avenue of review for a state criminal defendant aggrieved by Justice Department’s refusal, pursuant to internal housekeeping regulations, to provide the defense with FBI files
• noting that ifa defendant is “dissatisfied □ _ with the agency’s response to the request, the defendant is not without recourse,” and explaining that “[t]he proper method for judicial review of the agency’s final decision pursuant to its _ regulations is through the [APA]”
• in an APA action, federal court may compel agency to produce information unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed
• in an APA action, federal court may compel agency to produce information unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed

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