Legal Opinion
Stephen Yagman v. Michael Pompeo
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2017No. 15-55442PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Stephen Yagman filed suit against the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”) and its director 1 (collectively, “Defendants”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking records identifying CIA personnel or affiliates that have engaged in torture. The district court held that because Yag-man’s request for records constituted a question that Defendants were not required to answer, he failed to exhaust administrative remedies. The court further concluded that exhaustion of administrative remedies was a jurisdictional requirement, and…
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