(January 17, 2024, 1:19 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. government on Jan. 16 filed a brief in North Carolina federal court arguing that a magistrate judge properly denied the plaintiffs’ motion to compel the government to produce documents related to a federal agency’s draft study examining human health effects associated with exposure to the drinking water at the U.S. Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune. The government says the need to avoid damage from the premature release of the report outweighs the plaintiffs’ need....