INSPECTOR GENERAL OF U.S. DEPT. OF AGRIC. v. GLENN

No. 96-8686.

122 F.3d 1007 (1997)

INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Ann G. GLENN, as personal representative of J.C. Griffin, Jr., Faye Collins, Draffin & Tucker, C.P.A., Griffin Farms, Inc., B & J Company, Inc., Griffin Oil Company, Inc., Griffin Aviation Inc., Griffin Gin and Supply Co., Ann Glenn, J.C. Griffin, Sr., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander J. Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellants Griffin, et al.

Timothy O. Davis, Albany, GA, James H. Moore, III, Moore, Clarke, DuVall & Rodgers, P.C., Albany, GA, David Garland, Moore, Clark, Albany, GA, for Respondents-Appellants Draffin & Tucker.

William David Gifford, Macon, GA, Katherine R. Shanabrook, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Clair, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division/Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Before CARNES, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judges.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this case, the appellants challenge the scope of the Inspector General's subpoena powers under the Inspector General Act of 1978 ("IGA"), 5 U.S.C. app. §§ 1-12 (1994). The Inspector General of the United States Department of Agriculture subpoenaed, inter alia, records, documents, and reports relating to appellants' participation in a federal disaster program. When appellants refused to produce the requested...

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