Argus Leader Media v. United States Department of Agriculture

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KAREN E. SCHREIER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader, brought this claim under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information in the possession of defendant, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Docket 1. After USDA provided some, but not all, of the *1000requested information, Argus Leader requested that a Vaughn Index be filed to explain why USDA did not provide the withheld information. Docket 12. USDA resists that motion and claims that a Vaughn Index is not necessary because USDA…