Robert T. Burke v. United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cases that cite this one
28 later published cases cite this decision. The 24 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Donahue v. Thomas (D.C. 1992)
- Earl F. Debold v. William R. Stimson, Director of Support, U.S. Post Office, Gary, Indiana (7th Cir. 1984)
- Dennis M. Wolfel v. United States (6th Cir. 1983)
- Horvath v. JP Morgan Chase & Company (United States District Court for the Southern District of California 2022)
- Cheavens v. Public Service Corp. (United States District Court for the District of Colorado 2016)
- David P. Frankel v. District of Columbia Office for Planning and Economic Development (D.C. 2015)
- Ray v. United States Deparment of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1994)
- Manos v. United States Department of the Air Force (United States District Court for the Northern District of California 1993)
- Ricki Gene Searcy v. Social Security Administration (10th Cir. 1992)
- Robert A. Aronson v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (1st Cir. 1989)
- Swanson & Setzke, Chtd. v. Henning (Idaho Ct. App. 1989)
- Conklin v. United States (United States District Court for the District of Colorado 1987)
- Michael Kuzma v. United States Postal Service (2d Cir. 1984)
- Falcone v. Internal Revenue Service (Supreme Court of the United States 1984)
- In re Emergency Beacon Corp. (United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York 1983)
- Clark v. United States (Court of Claims 1983)
- Pitts v. Vaughn (3d Cir. 1982)
- Peniman v. Cartwright (District Court, S.D. Iowa 1982)
- Blakey v. Department of Justice (District Court, District of Columbia 1982)
- Pitts v. Vaughn (3d Cir. 1982)
- Phyllis A. Barrett v. Bureau of Customs and Department of the Treasury (5th Cir. 1981)
- Michael Alan Crooker v. United States Department of Justice (1st Cir. 1980)
- Michael Alan Crooker v. U. S. Department of the Treasury (2d Cir. 1980)
- Michael Alan Crooker v. U. S. Department of the Treasury (D.C. Cir. 1980)
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Opinion
While administrative proceedings were still pending before the Department of Justice, appellant Burke filed suit pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking to compel release of copies of photographs which were introduced into evidence at his criminal trial. The Department of Justice ultimately determined while the instant proceedings were still pending that the photographs would be released upon payment of search and reproduction costs. Burke then requested that the district court order release of the documents without payment of these fees and that he be furnished $300.00 in attorney fees even though he was proceeding pro se. The district court, 432 F.Supp. 251, ordered that the government pay the costs of the suit but denied Burke’s requests that he be furnished attorney fees and that the government be ordered to furnish the photographs without payment of the fees.
After carefully reviewing the files and records in this case we are in full agreement with the analysis and conclusions of the district court as expressed in its orders filed September 13, 1976 and September 27, 1976. The judgment of the district court is accordingly affirmed.
The Clerk of this Court shall certify a copy of this order to the United States District Court for the District of Kansas as and for the mandate.
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