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Parties Involved:
Denard Darnell Neal
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Denard Darnell Neal, 

Defendant. 

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No. CR 90-0003-PHX-RCB

ORDER

Defendant Denard Darnell Neal has filed a “LETTER OF INQUIRY IN REGARDS

OF PENDING ACTION RULE 60(b)” (Doc. #181) requesting that he be provided with

“information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.” Attached to Defendant’s Letter

of Inquiry is a second letter addressed to the Clerk of Court, United States District Court for

the District of Arizona, requesting disclosure of information pursuant to the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(d).

Defendant’s Letter of Inquiry will be denied.

By their express terms, both FOIA and the Privacy Act apply only to information held

by a federal government “agency” as defined in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA),

5 U.S.C. § 551(1). Pennyfeather v. Tessler, 431 F.3d 54, 56 n.1 (2d Cir. 2005). The APA

provides that “‘agency’ means each authority of the Government of the United States, . . . but

does not include — . . . (B) the courts of the United States.” 5 U.S.C. § 551(1). Defendant’s

request for information allegedly in the custody of the United States District Court for the

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District of Arizona is therefore not authorized by either FOIA or the Privacy Act.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendant’s Letter of Inquiry (Doc. #181) is denied.

Dated this 12th day of February, 2007.

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