Case 1:14-cv-09763-VM Document 44 Filed 08/28/15 Page 1 of 35
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUT~ DISTRICT OF N'ZW YORK
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NICHOLAS MERR!l1L,
14-CV-9763
Plaintiff,
(VM)
DECISION AND ORD!:R
- against LORETTA E. LYNCH, in her official
Capacity as Attorney General of
The united States, and
JAMES B. COMEY, in his official
capacity as Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Defendants.
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VICTOR MARRERO, United States District Judge.
Plaintiff
seeking
Lynch,
Nicholas
injunctive
Merrill
relief
("Merrill")
against
O:i.rector
of
(collectively,
1
Loretta
E.
Merrill's
56
or
motion
of
the
Federal
in his official capacity
Bureau
of
Investigation
"Defendants• or "the Government").> (Dkt. No.
("Complaint•
Rule
defendants
suit
in her official capacity as Attorney General of the
United States, and James B. Corney,
as
brought
the
"Compl. •).)
for
summary
Federal
Rules
Now
before
judgment,
of
Civil
made
the
Court
is
pursuant
to
Procedure
("Rule
1 The Court notes that, at the time Merrill initiated this litigation,
t:ric Holder, Jc sexved as the Attorney G<11neral of the United St;ates,
and in that official (.;apacity, was a naimed defendant. ?ursuant. to
Federal Rule of civil Procedure 25 (d), the Court substitutes t.oretta E.
t.ynch for Eric Holder, Jr.