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SCHIFFER v. F.B.I.

No. 94-15472.

78 F.3d 1405 (1996)

Steven SCHIFFER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Cole, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Joseph M. Burton, Sideman & Bancroft, San Francisco, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: WALLACE and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and BAIRD, District Judge.

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) appeals from a district court order requiring limited disclosure of certain law enforcement documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The district court exercised jurisdiction pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B). We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse.

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As the district court stated...

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