Legal Opinion
Alvie James Hale, Jr. v. United States Department of Justice, and Its Component, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1992No. 91-6135PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
For purposes of a collateral attack on his death sentence, Alvie James Hale, Jr. seeks to obtain certain documents from the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) (collectively, “the government”) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. After an in camera inspection of the materials in question, the district court granted the government’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the requested documents constitute information that is exempt from FOIA’s disclosure requirements under 5…
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