Legal Opinion
Pickard v. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 27, 2011No. 08-15504PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*784OPINION
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:
William Leonard Pickard, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Victorville, California, seeks enforcement of his Freedom of Information Act request to the Drug Enforcement Administration for records pertaining to confidential informant Gordon Todd Skinner. In response to Pickard’s FOIA request, the DEA submitted a Glomar response refusing to confirm or deny the existence of any responsive records pertaining to Skinner, citing exemptions 6 and 7(C), (D) and (F) of the Act. Pickard argues that the government is prohibited from submitting a Glomar…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Perrin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- Central Intelligence Agency v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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