FOREST GUARDIANS v. U.S. FEDERAL EMERGENCY

No. 04-2056.

410 F.3d 1214 (2005)

FOREST GUARDIANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Sugarman, Santa Fe, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Wendy M. Keats, Appellate Staff Civil Division, Department of Justice (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Leonard Schaitman, Appellate Staff Civil Division, Department of Justice, with her on the briefs), Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KELLY, BALDOCK, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Forest Guardians brought this action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking to compel Defendant Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to produce electronic mapping files that identify the location of structures insured under FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The NFIP is a federally subsidized program that provides flood insurance to property owners located in flood plain areas...

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