ELLIOTT v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. 07-5385.

596 F.3d 842 (2010)

Damon ELLIOTT, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anand V. Ramana, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs as amicus curiae in support of appellant.

Damon Elliott, pro se, filed briefs for appellant.

Andrea McBarnette, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief was R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Before: TATEL, GARLAND, and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.


TATEL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant brought suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to compel the United States Department of Agriculture to disclose blueprints to buildings located on an agricultural research campus. Concluding that the requested blueprints fall within FOIA Exemption 2, which exempts from disclosure matters "related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency," 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(2), the district court granted summary...

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