PICKARD v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

No. 08-15504.

653 F.3d 782 (2011)

William Leonard PICKARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim Zeldin (argued), Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor LLP, Sacramento, CA, for the appellant.

Neill Tseng (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Melinda Haag , United States Attorney, Joann M. Swanson , Chief, Civil Division, United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, CA, for the appellee.

Opinion by Judge SILVERMAN; Concurrence by Judge WALLACE.


OPINION

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

William Leonard Pickard, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Victorville, California, seeks enforcement of his Freedom of Information Act request to the Drug Enforcement Administration for records pertaining to confidential informant Gordon Todd Skinner. In response to Pickard's FOIA request, the DEA submitted a Glomar response refusing to confirm or...

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