United States Second Circuit

District court judgment denying a pro se lawyer's motion for attorneys' fees under the Freedom of Information Act is affirmed where lawyers who represent themselves in FOIA litigation are not eligible for attorneys' fees under the Act's fee-shifting provision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2009
• Published 06/04/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, and WALKER, CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Pietrangelo, II, South Burlington, Vt., for Plaintiff-Appellant (pro se lawyer).


• For Appellees:
  
• Carol L. Shea, Assistant United States Attorney, for Thomas D. Anderson, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Burlington, Vt., for Defendant-Appellee.