FRIENDS OF ANIMALS v. BERNHARDT

No. 20-1182.

15 F.4th 1254 (2021)

FRIENDS OF ANIMALS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David BERNHARDT; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed October 13, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Russel Hernick ( Michael R. Harris , Andreia Marcuccio , with him on the briefs), Friends of Animals, Centennial, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marissa Rose Miller , Assistant United States Attorney ( Jason R. Dunn , United States Attorney, with her on the brief), Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, EBEL, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.


Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, animal rights organization Friends of Animals requested the disclosure of Form 3-177s submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) by wildlife hunters and traders (the "submitters") seeking to import elephant and giraffe parts. FWS disclosed the forms...

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