MINIER v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit. David D. MINIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 95-15475. Decided: July 08, 1996 Before:  T.G. NELSON and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.** David D. Minier,* Chowchilla, California, pro se. Camil A. Skipper, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, California, for defendant-appellee. Invoking the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq.  (“FOIA”), plaintiff-appellant David Minier (“Minier”) requested defendant-appellee Central Intelligence Agency (the “CIA”) to disclose whether Claude Barnes Capehart (“Capehart”), acting as a CIA agent, was involved in a CIA plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.   The CIA, relying on certain exemptions to the FOIA, refused to confirm or deny Capehart's alleged employment with the CIA. The district court granted summary judgment for the CIA, and Minier appeals.