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VALENCIA-LUCENA v. U.S. COAST GUARD

No. 98-5041.

180 F.3d 321 (1999)

Carlos VALENCIA-LUCENA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, FOIA/PA Records Management, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Rackow argued the cause as amicus curiae on behalf of appellant. With him on the briefs was Roy T. Englert, Jr., appointed by the court.

Carlos Valencia-Lucena, appearing pro se, was on the brief for appellant.

Meredith Manning, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Before: WILLIAMS, ROGERS and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

Carlos Valencia-Lucena appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the Coast Guard in his lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., seeking pages from the logbook of a Coast Guard cutter that seized containers of drugs dropped offshore from an airplane that he piloted. According to Valencia-Lucena's FOIA request, the Captain of the...

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