Legal Opinion
Steven E. Perlman v. United States Department of Justice, Janet Reno, Robert L. Ashbaugh, Howard L. Sribnick and Deborah Marie Briscoe, 1
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 25, 2002No. Docket 01-6219PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge.
The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requires courts to balance the rights of citizens to gain access to information that their federal government collects against the privacy interests of individuals and government employees discussed in the same information. Appellant Steven E. Perlman sought to exercise his FOIA rights when he requested a copy of a report investigating allegations of misconduct in the operation of an Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) program, focusing in large part on the actions of Paul Virtue, former INS general counsel. The United…
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