ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. USDA

No. 18-16327.

933 F.3d 1088 (2019)

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew G. Liebman (argued), Animal Legal Defense Fund, Cotati, California; Anthony T. Eliseuson , Animal Legal Defense Fund, Chicago, Illinois; Daniel H. Waltz , Animal Legal Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John Samuel Koppel (argued) and Mark B. Stern , Appellate Staff; Alex G. Tse , United States Attorney; Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, William A. Fletcher, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") provides for expedited processing of records where "failure to obtain requested records on an expedited basis... could reasonably be expected to pose an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual." 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(E)(v)(I). We are...

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