Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-01-25 17:00:23.646366+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 18-1338
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                         James E. Whitney, ADC #163817

                         lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                            v.

                        United States Department of Justice

                        lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                 for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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                           Submitted: December 21, 2018
                              Filed: January 25, 2019
                                   [Unpublished]
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Before BENTON, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      James E. Whitney appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment to
the United States Department of Justice in his pro se Freedom of Information Act

      1
       The Honorable D. P. Marshall, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
(FOIA) action. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on
appeal, we find no error in the district court’s decision. See Miller v. U.S. Dep’t of
State, 779 F.2d 1378, 1382 (8th Cir. 1985) (in FOIA cases, grant of summary
judgment is appropriate where “the agency proves that is has fully discharged its
obligations under FOIA, after the underlying facts and inferences to be drawn from
them are construed in the light most favorable to the FOIA requester”). Accordingly,
the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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