Cincinnati Enquirer Loses Bid to Access US Attorney Documents

The Cincinnati Enquirer failed to demonstrate that the Freedom of Information Act required the federal government to provide documents related to a US attorney’s decision not to charge a Kentucky prosecutor with obstruction of justice, according to a divided Sixth Circuit.

The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration properly determined that they could withhold the documents under FOIA exemption 7(C), which shields records if disclosure could result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, Judge Richard Allen Griffin of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said Monday in a split decision. Judge Danny J. Boggs joined ...