United States DC Circuit

Summary judgment upholding the DEA's denial of appellant's Freedom of Information Act request is affirmed over claims that: 1) the DEA's affidavits and underlying explanations were insufficient to justify withholding the records requested under FOIA's Exemption 7(A), which protects records and information compiled for law enforcement purposes; or, alternatively, 2) the district court erred by failing to conduct a segregability analysis for the withheld documents.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/08/2008
• Decided 03/04/2008
• Published 03/04/2008

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and GRIFFITH and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter Kryn Dykema argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brentin V. Evitt, Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney.