Case Name: Robert CASAD, Jr., Ph.D, Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-05-26
Citations: 96 F. App'x 724
Docket Number: No. 03-5183
Parties: Robert CASAD, Jr., Ph.D, Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before EDWARDS, SENTELLE, and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 96
Pages: 724–725

Head Matter:
Robert CASAD, Jr., Ph.D, Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Appellees.
No. 03-5183.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
May 26, 2004.
Robert Casad, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI, pro se.
Sherri Evans Harris, R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Roscoe Conklin Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before EDWARDS, SENTELLE, and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
JUDGMENT
This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and on the briefs filed by the parties. It is
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court's order, filed June 20, 2003, be affirmed. The notice of appeal addressed only the portion of the district court's order which granted summary judgment on count I of the complaint. See Schrecker v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 349 F.3d 657, 661 (D.C.Cir.2003) (de novo review of grant of summary judgment in FOIA case). Because the summary statements sought by appellant are predecisional and deliberative, they were properly withheld pursuant to Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") exemption 5 (deliberative process privilege). See Jordan v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 591 F.2d 753, 774 (D.C.Cir.1978) (en banc); see also Casad v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Services, 301 F.3d 1247 (10th Cir.2002).
Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R.App. P. 41(b); D.C.Cir. Rule 41.