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EDMONDS v. F.B.I.

No. 04-5177.

417 F.3d 1319 (2005)

S.D. EDMONDS, Appellant v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. Colapinto argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant. Mark S. Zaid and Roy W. Krieger entered appearances.

Scott L. Nelson and Brian Wolfman were on the brief for amicus curiae Public Citizen, Inc. in support of appellant.

H. Thomas Byron, III, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and Douglas N. Letter and Leonard Schaitman, Attorneys.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge.

Sibel Edmonds filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for certain Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records relating to the FBI's decision to terminate her employment. She also sought expedited processing of that request. When the FBI failed to grant or deny expedition, she obtained an order from the district court, compelling expedited processing and directing the...

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