Legal Opinion
Eil v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 2017No. 16-2359PPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
In 2011, Dr. Paul Volkman was tried and convicted of a number of drug-related charges for illegally prescribing pain medication leading to the deaths of at least fourteen individuals. Philip Eil, a journalist writing a book on Dr. Volkman’s case, attended portions of that, public trial. .
In 2012, Eil submitted a Freedom of Inforhiation Act (“FOIA”) request for the exhibits introduced by the government at Dr. Volkman’s criminal trial. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) provided thousands of pages of responsive documents, some of which were redacted, but…
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