NATIONAL SEC. COUNSELORS v. CIA

No. 14-5171.

811 F.3d 22 (2016)

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELORS, Appellant v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY and United States Department of Defense, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley P. Moss argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Kelly B. McClanahan.

Mark W. Pennak , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Benjamin C. Mizer , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Leonard Schaitman , Attorney.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge PILLARD.


An individual who litigates pro se is ineligible for attorney's fees under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); the same is not ordinarily true of an organization that represents itself. This appeal asks whether a particularly small nonprofit corporation that represented itself is barred from recovering attorney...

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