SHERMAN v. U.S. DEPT. OF ARMY

No. 00-20401.

244 F.3d 357 (2001)

Stephen SHERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Sherman, Houston, TX, pro se.

Eleanor Ann Robinson-Gaither, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, Wendy M. Keats, Leonard Aaron Schaitman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before, KING, Chief Judge, and ALDISERT and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

In this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case, Stephen Sherman appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Department of the Army (Army) with respect to the Army's decision, pursuant to exemption 6 of the FOIA, to redact the social security numbers of service personnel from portions of Sherman's information request. Because we (1) reject Sherman's argument that the Army has the power to waive the...

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