BENAVIDES v. BUREAU OF PRISONS

No. 91-5420.

993 F.2d 257 (1993)

Eduardo M. BENAVIDES, Appellant, v. BUREAU OF PRISONS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Hoeffner, with whom Steven H. Goldblatt, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant.

R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John D. Bates, Michael J. Ryan and John C. Martin, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before: MIKVA, Chief Judge, EDWARDS and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

In 1988, Eduardo M. Benavides, pro se, filed suit against the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") seeking release of certain records pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). The District Court ordered the records released, but nearly two years passed during which the BOP took no action to comply with the court's order. Benavides then filed a motion for...

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