Legal Opinion
Joseph Alan Lykins v. United States Department of Justice and Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 27, 1984No. 83-1031PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
In this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case appellant — a federal prisoner-sought relief in the District Court for the refusal of the United States Parole Commission to release three documents to him: his presentence report, a few lines excised from a letter written by a probation officer to the Commission, and a psychological report written about him. The District Court granted the Commission’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed appellant’s suit. In this opinion we reverse the District Court with respect to the presentence report and the…
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