MINIER v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

No. 95-15475.

88 F.3d 796 (1996)

David D. MINIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Minier,* Chowchilla, California, pro se.

Camil A. Skipper, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, California, for defendant-appellee.

Before: T.G. NELSON and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

Invoking the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq. ("FOIA"), plaintiff-appellant David Minier ("Minier") requested defendant-appellee Central Intelligence Agency (the "CIA") to disclose whether Claude Barnes Capehart ("Capehart"), acting as a CIA agent, was involved in a CIA plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. The CIA, relying on certain exemptions to the FOIA, refused to confirm or deny Capehart's alleged...

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