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EIL v. U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN.

No. 16-2359.

878 F.3d 392 (2017)

Philip EIL, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaynie Lilley , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Dambruch , Acting United States Attorney, and Matthew M. Collette , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, were on brief, for appellant.

Jessica S. Jewell , with whom Neal J. McNamara and Nixon Peabody LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Torruella and Lynch, Circuit Judges.

In 2011, Dr. Paul Volkman was tried and convicted of a number of drug-related charges for illegally prescribing pain medication leading to the deaths of at least fourteen individuals. Philip Eil, a journalist writing a book on Dr. Volkman's case, attended portions of that public trial.

In 2012, Eil submitted a Freedom...

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