Legal Opinion
Blackwell v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 1, 2011No. 10-5072PublishedCited by 380 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH, with whom Circuit Judge ROGERS and Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS join.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:
Roger Blackwell was convicted of federal insider trading crimes. In this Freedom of Information Act suit, he seeks information from the FBI that he believes would show misconduct by the federal investigators and prosecutors handling his case. In response to Blackwell’s FOIA request, the FBI produced many documents. But it redacted or withheld many other documents pursuant to various FOIA…
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