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DONAHUE v. THOMAS

No. 91-CV-334.

618 A.2d 601 (1992)

Matthew E. DONAHUE, Appellant, v. Harold L. THOMAS, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew E. Donahue, pro se.

Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, with whom Robert J. Harlan, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before STEADMAN and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

SULLIVAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant raises an issue of first impression, namely, whether a pro se non-attorney plaintiff is entitled to an award of reasonable attorney's fees and other costs of litigation pursuant to the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act ("D.C.-FOIA"). D.C.Code §§ 1-1521-1529 (1992).1 We hold that as a matter of law a pro se non-attorney plaintiff, although statutorily eligible for...

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