Legal Opinion
Eduardo M. Benavides v. Drug Enforcement Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 30, 1992No. 90-5344PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.
MIKVA, Chief Judge:
Eduardo M. Benavides, pro se and in forma pauperis, is an inmate at a Texas state prison in Lovelady, Texas. Invoking the Freedom of Information Act, he asked the Drug Enforcement Agency for records concerning Hector Perez Rodriquez and Sil-verio Garcia Meza, whom he says were identified as government informants at his drug trial in 1975. (Mr. Rodriquez testified against him; Mr. Meza was his codefend-ant). The DEA refused to confirm or deny the existence of records, and the district court upheld the response under exemptions…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by35 opinions
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