HAM v. SMITH

No. 79-2167.

653 F.2d 628 (1981)

Gene HAM, Appellant, v. William French SMITH, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Ham, pro se.

Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, John R. Fisher, and Pamela M. Sayad, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before EDWARDS and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, and JOYCE HENS GREEN, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Submitted Without Oral Argument.

Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

In this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit, the district court granted summary judgment against a pro se plaintiff, recently released from prison, without first explaining the nature of the summary judgment motion to the plaintiff or fully considering whether the plaintiff had received adequate time to respond to the defendant's motion. We conclude that the district court should have...

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