United States Second Circuit
Associated Press v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 071384
In a matter brought by Associated Press for denial of request for any petitions seeking to reduce a twenty-two year prison sentence of John Walker Lindh, convicted of aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint under the Freedom of Information Act and grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant are affirmed where: 1) a significant privacy interest is implicated in release of convicted's petition; 2) plaintiff failed to show that release of the information would shed light on the workings of government; and thus 3) the district court did not err in holding convicted's petition exempt from disclosure under FOIA Exemptions 6 and 7(C).
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/01/2008
- Published 12/01/2008
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- United States Second Circuit