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SPIRKO v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 97-5153.

147 F.3d 992 (1998)

John G. SPIRKO, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale A. Baich, Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Charles F. Flynn, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on the brief.

Before: HENDERSON, ROGERS and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

The main issue in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in conducting an in camera inspection of documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1994) ("FOIA"), without first ordering the agency to produce a more detailed description of the withheld documents in accordance with Vaughn v. Rosen, 484...

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