Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 22, 2002No. 01-5206PublishedCited by 287 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (2000), Neil Johnson seeks to compel the release of documents pertaining to his criminal conviction withheld by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA). EOUSA withheld, in whole or in part, a number of records undér exemption 7(C), which permits the agency to do so to protect the privacy interests of other parties named in the record. § 552(b)(7)(C). Johnson argues that EOUSA is required to take steps to determine whether these parties are alive or dead in order to claim this exemption…
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