The United States Marshal Service is a division of the United States Department of Justice. Legalhotwater sought to get some files related to a fiasco at the San Jose federal courthouse where the United States Marshal, as part of some criminal cover up, falsely claimed there was an email threat issued against the judiciary. Legalhotwater sough freedom of information act request, to get to the bottom of the issue. Instead, the United States Marshal Service has erected all kinds of barriers to the Freedom of Information Act Request. In fact, the freedom of information act request was denied outright via a boilerplate response. The issue with the United States Marshal service marks and ongoing issue with the United States Department of Justice, which apparently believes it is above the law or that the law otherwise does not apply to it.