Legal Opinion
In Re Alan Neal Scott
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 7, 1983No. 82-2025PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
Alan Neal Scott, a federal prisoner, filed pro se in the district court a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit against the United States Bureau of Prisons. The district court, sua sponte and without awaiting a responsive pleading or even service of process on the Government, ordered the case transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Scott, by petition for a writ of mandamus, seeks our review of the transfer order. We hold that, under the eircum- stances this case presents, the district court abused its discretion by acting…
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