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COLEMAN v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN.

No. 11-1999.

714 F.3d 816 (2013)

John J. COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 2, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Daniel J. Stotter , Stotter & Associates LLC, Corvallis, Oregon, for Appellant. David Moskowitz , Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Neil H. MacBride , United States Attorney, Yiris Cornwall , Julie Edelstein , Assistant United States Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

In February 2008, appellant John Coleman filed a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request with appellee Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") for documents concerning the federal government's regulation of the drug carisoprodol. Despite a statutory mandate requiring agencies to respond to FOIA requests and appeals within twenty working days, the DEA took more than sixteen months to respond to Coleman's request, eventually...

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