Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals FOIA Opinion

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B) provided district courts with authority to order a federal agency to post records in an online reading room.

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND; STOP ANIMAL EXPLOITATION NOW; COMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY; ANIMAL FOLKS, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 17-16858
D.C. No. 3:17-cv-00949WHO

OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William Horsley Orrick, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted December 17, 2018 San Francisco, California

Filed August 29, 2019