ISLAMIC SHURA COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN CAL. v. F.B.I.

No. 09-56035.

635 F.3d 1160 (2011)

ISLAMIC SHURA COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; Council on American Islamic Relations-California; Islamic Center of San Gabriel Valley; Islamic Center of Hawthorne; West Coast Islamic Center; Human Assistance and Development International, Inc.; Muzammil Siddiqi; Shakeel Syed; Hussam Ayloush; Mohammed Abdul Aleem; Rafe Husain, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ahilan T. Arulanantham , Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, et al.

Beth S. Brinkman , Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, RICHARD C. TALLMAN and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

In this Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") case, the government brings an interlocutory appeal challenging the district court's sealed, ex parte order ("Sealed Order") containing the district court's decision to make all of its contents public. The government contends that the Sealed Order contains some sensitive national security and law enforcement information. The district court was justifiably annoyed with the...

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