Hodge v. FBI, et al, No. 11-5089 (D.C. Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted of three murders and sentenced to death. This appeal stemmed from appellant's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, requests to the FBI seeking information related to the FBI's investigation of him. Appellant appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the FBI, which concluded that the FBI had released all non-exempt documents as required by FOIA; that the FBI performed an adequate search; and that the FBI correctly applied FOIA Exemptions 3, 7(C), and 7(D). The court affirmed the judgment and rejected appellant's argument that the FBI improperly withheld the 125 pages at issue and appellant's complaint about the alleged inadequacy of the search. The court concluded that the FBI had released all reasonably segregable, non-exempt material to appellant.
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