Legal Opinion
Loving v. Department of Defense
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 23, 2008No. 07-5318PublishedCited by 277 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Convicted of capital murder by a military court-martial, appellant filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act seeking disclosure of Department of Defense and Army memoranda prepared for the President in connection with his statutory review of appellant’s death sentence. The district court found the requested documents exempt from disclosure under FOIA Exemption 5 and granted the government’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm.
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