ORTIZ v. U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. 249, Docket 95-6050.

70 F.3d 729 (1995)

Bernice ORTIZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan A. Weiss, New York City (Legal Services for the Elderly, Andrew J. Connick, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Susan D. Baird, New York City, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Steven I. Froot, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FEINBERG, OAKES and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Bernice Ortiz seeks disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, of a document held by the Social Security Administration (SSA). The document is an unsigned letter received unsolicited by the Regional Inspector General for Investigations in New York of defendant Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Ortiz contends that the letter contains false allegations concerning her eligibility to receive...

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