Appleton v. Food & Drug Administration

MEMORANDUM OPINION

URBINA, District Judge.

Granting the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment

I. INTRODUCTION

The pro se plaintiff Burton Appleton, a former Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) chemist, brings this action to compel the FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to provide numerous documents concerning the drug levothyroxine sodium (“LEVO”) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). This case is before the court on the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Because defendant FDA’s search for responsive documents was adequate, and because the…