Legal Opinion
Joseph Falcone v. Internal Revenue Service
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1983No. 82-1377PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONTIE, Circuit Judge.
In Wolfel v. United States, 711 F.2d 66 (6th Cir.1983) we held that a pro se Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) plaintiff who is not an attorney is not entitled to attorney’s fees. Today we hold that the same rule applies to pro se FOIA plaintiffs who also happen to be attorneys.
The plaintiff, a tax attorney, obtained the release of certain Internal Revenue Service documents, Falcone v. Internal Revenue Service, 479 F.Supp. 985 (E.D.Mich.1979), and then petitioned for attorney’s fees pur suant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E). The district court found that the plaintiff was a…
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