LOPEZ v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

No. 03-5192.

393 F.3d 1345 (2005)

Ramon LOPEZ Appellant v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney A. Rosenzweig, appointed by the court, argued the cause as amicus curiae in support of appellant. With him on the brief was Robert S. Litt.

Ramon Lopez, pro se, was on the brief for appellant.

Michael J. Ryan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and Robin M. Earnest, Assistant U.S. Attorney. R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and SENTELLE and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


SENTELLE, Circuit Judge.

Ramon Lopez appeals the District Court's decision in which the court held that he was not entitled to certain documents related to a grand jury investigation under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). Specifically, the court held that the documents requested by Lopez fell within the third class of documents exempted from FOIA: documents protected by other statutes (in this case, documents covered...

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