FOIA Contact:
Office of the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Room 6627
Washington, DC 20530-0001
(202) 616-9406
Attention: James K. Davis
Email: OSGFOIA@usdoj.gov
Conventional Reading Room:
Office of the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Contact: Case Management Section (202) 514-2217/2218
This includes frequently requested records, briefs, opinions, policy statements, and staff manuals/instructions to staff, created by the Office of the Solicitor General after November 1, 1996.
At present, the briefs available in the Electronic Reading Room do not include Government responses to in forma pauperis (IFP) petitions. IFP responses may be obtained by calling the Case Management Section at (202) 514-2217 or through a FOIA request to OSGFOIA@usdoj.gov.
Component Description:
The Solicitor General is responsible for authorizing all Government appeals and petitions for rehearing en banc or mandamus in the courts of appeals and petitions for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court. In addition, the Solicitor General is responsible for briefing and arguing the Government's cases in the Supreme Court. The Office of the Solicitor General maintains records relating to appeals and petitions for which authorization to file has been sought, and maintains records on Supreme Court cases to which the United States or a Government agency was a party.
Special information required to make a FOIA request: None
Publicly available information for which a FOIA request is not required:
Briefs and other records that are available in the Electronic Reading Room.
Updated: December 2011
