PEOPLE FOR ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS v. NIH

No. 12-5183.

745 F.3d 535 (2014)

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, Appellant v. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Glitzenstein argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Katherine Anne Meyer and Jessica Almy .

Marina Utgoff Braswell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Ronald C. Machen Jr. , U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Before: HENDERSON, GRIFFITH and SRINIVASAN, Circuit Judges.


SRINIVASAN, Circuit Judge:

This case involves two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PETA requested records concerning NIH investigations of animal abuse at a university research lab, and specifically sought documents related to any investigations into complaints filed against three identified researchers. NIH issued Glomar responses, meaning...

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