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MCKEEVER v. BARR

No. 17-5149.

920 F.3d 842 (2019)

Stuart A. MCKEEVER, Appellant v. William P. BARR, Attorney General, Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 5, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham E. Phillips , appointed by the court, argued the cause for appellant as amicus curiae in support of appellant. With him on the briefs were Roman Martinez and Nathanael D.S.R. Porembka , appointed by the court.

Stuart A. McKeever, pro se, was on the brief for appellant.

Amir C. Tayrani was on the brief for amicus curiae Legal Scholars in support of appellant.

Brad Hinshelwood , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Jessie K. Liu , U.S. Attorney, and Michael S. Raab and Mark R. Freeman , Attorneys. Elizabeth J. Shapiro , Attorney, entered an appearance.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Srinivasan.

Historian Stuart A. McKeever appeals an order of the district court denying his petition to release grand jury records from the 1957 indictment of a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which McKeever sought in the course of his research for a book he is writing. The district court, lacking positive...

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