Legal Opinion
Dennis M. Wolfel v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1983No. 82-3372PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRUPANSKY,
Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Dennis Wolfel (Wol-fel), a prisoner at Ohio’s Lucasville Correctional Facility, from a decision of Judge Arthur Spiegel which denied Wolfel’s pro se Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain his FBI file without conducting an in camera investigation of every document, relying instead upon Vaughn in-dices and affidavits submitted by the Bureau. Wolfel also appeals from the rejection of his request for attorney fees, which was denied because he appeared pro se.
The record discloses that pursuant to appellant’s request under 5 U.S.C. § 552…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Gilbert A. Cuneo v. Donald H. RumsfeldCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Eddie David Cox v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Robert B. Clarkson v. Internal Revenue Service and John Henderson, District DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Irvin v. City of ClarksvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- William E. Brock, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor v. Kenneth Hendershott and Edgar PlatelCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Joseph Falcone v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Robert A. Aronson v. United States Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Elizabeth D. Duncan v. David B. PoythressCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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