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LISSNER v. U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE

Nos. 99-56465, 00-55102.

241 F.3d 1220 (2001)

James LISSNER, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE; Joyce Henderson, Port Director, Otay Mesa, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tali M. Tuchin, (Briefed), James M. Chadwick, (Argued), Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, LLP, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

James M. Chadwick, (Argued), Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, LLP, San Diego, California, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gregg P. Leslie, (Brief Amicus Curiae), The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Jan L. Luymes, United States Attorney's Office, Santa Ana, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: EDWARD LEAVY, STEPHEN S. TROTT, and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted February 8, 2001 — Pasadena, California.

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

In this case we must decide whether the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (2000) ("FOIA"), requires the United States Customs Service ("Customs") to provide Appellant James Lissner with certain information about an incident in which Customs arrested, detained, and fined two Hermosa Beach, California police officers for smuggling steroids into the country...

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