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FACKELMAN v. BELL

No. 76-4078.

564 F.2d 734 (1977)

John T. FACKELMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Griffin B. BELL, Attorney General, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. David Buffington, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

John W. Stokes, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Leonard Schaitman, Edwin E. Huddleson, III, Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas G. Wilson, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondents-appellees.

Before JONES, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

During his incarceration in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary appellant John T. Fackelman sought access to his institutional file. Federal prison officials granted this request in part, releasing some 225 pages to the prisoner, but they denied another part of the request on the ground that certain documents were exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The federal officials also assessed Fackelman a copying fee of $23...

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