Legal Opinion
Vern Mckinley v. Fed. Housing Finance Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 10, 2014No. 12-5267PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Chief Judge.
Appellant Vern McKinley seeks attorneys’ fees following his largely unsuccessful attempt to obtain documents from the Federal Housing Finance Agency under the Freedom of Information Act. Although the district court doubted that McKinley was eligible for fees, it determined that, even if McKinley were eligible, he was not entitled to attorneys’ fees. We review such a determination only for an abuse of discretion. Because we find none, we affirm the district court’s denial of fees.
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Vern McKinley is a “consultant, legal…
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