Legal Opinion
Prison Legal News v. Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2011No. 09-1511PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
I. Introduction
Prison Legal News (“PLN”) appeals the partial grant of summary judgment to the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (“EOUSA”) exempting from mandatory disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) video depicting the aftermath of a brutal prison murder and autopsy photographs of the victim. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court DISMISSES AS MOOT the portion of the appeal pertaining to records that have now been released by EOUSA, and AFFIRMS the district court’s order as to the remaining portions of the withheld…
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