William Bush v. Risk Management Agency, No. 17-3295 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Benton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Civil case- Freedom of Information Act. Summary judgment for the agency is appropriate where the agency shows it has fully discharged its obligations under FOIA, after the underlying facts and inferences to be drawn from them are construed in the light most favorable to the FOIA requester; the district court did not err in granting the agency's motion for summary judgment. [ June 25, 2018
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-3295 ___________________________ William J. Bush lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Risk Management Agency, USDA/RMA; United States Department of Agriculture lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City ____________ Submitted: June 21, 2018 Filed: June 26, 2018 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. William J. Bush appeals after the district court1 adversely granted summary judgment to the United States Department of Agriculture and its Risk Management Agency in his pro se Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action seeking information on soybean and corn yields, aggregated by section, for four Iowa townships; declaratory relief; and an award of attorney fees and litigation costs. Having reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the district court did not err in its decision. See Miller v. U.S. Dep’t of State, 779 F.2d 1378, 1382 (8th Cir. 1985) (in FOIA cases, grant of summary judgment is appropriate where “the agency proves that is has fully discharged its obligations under FOIA, after the underlying facts and inferences to be drawn from them are construed in the light most favorable to the FOIA requester”). Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable C.J. Williams, United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). -2-
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