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· 6/29/1990

Lloyd Dunkelberger v. Department of Justice

Citations

  • 906 F.2d 779
  • 285 U.S. App. D.C. 85
  • 17 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2298
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 10829
  • 1990 WL 88524

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding with respect to request for agent’s records “that Exemption 7(C) was properly invoked and the FBI’s refusal to confirm or deny the existence of letters of reprimand or suspension [was] fully justified”
  • finding no public interest in disclosure of identifying information where documents at issue were unrelated to “FBI agent’s alleged participation in a scheme to entrap a public official”
  • affirming district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant agency on the basis of FOIA Exemption 7(C) and not addressing the agency’s claimed exemption under FOIA Exemption 6 because the district court did not base its ruling on Exemption 6
  • upholding Glomar response to request for a specific FBI agent’s disciplinary records
  • upholding Glomar response as to a specific FBI agent's disciplinary records
  • upholding Glomar response as to a specific FBI agent’s disciplinary records

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Judges: Silberman, Buckley, Sentelle

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