SUMMERS v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 90-5082.

925 F.2d 450 (1991)

Anthony SUMMERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Lesar, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Nathan Dodell, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG, SILBERMAN and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Anthony Summers, a published author and investigative journalist, is plaintiff-appellant in this Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") suit against the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"). Summers contests the district court's order granting a stay of proceedings and denying his request for immediate discovery. Because...

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