Legal Opinion
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 26, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2012-0748PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.
Dr. Richard David Hammer is a former employee of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. While working for EPA in Corvallis, Oregon, he filed a workplace complaint of harassment that was investigated by an outside contractor, Dr. Peter Maida. Dr. Hammer’s efforts to obtain a copy of Dr. Maida’s report were unsuccessful. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the same report and was similarly unsuccessful. PEER and Dr. Hammer now sue EPA to obtain the report or at least the…
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