Ortiz v. FBI ( 1999 )

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-31192
Summary Calendar
MANUEL ORTIZ,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION;
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Louisiana
USDC No. 97-CV-140-A-M3
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September 10, 1999
Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Manuel Ortiz, Louisiana state prisoner # 349580, appeals
from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the
defendants in his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit. 5
U.S.C. § 552. Ortiz argues that certain information should not
have been withheld from him, maintaining that any individual
privacy interests in keeping the withheld information
confidential were outweighed by the public interest in its
release, and that the FBI failed to provide him with all non-
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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exempt materials covered by his FOIA request. We have reviewed
the record and find no reversible error. Ortiz has failed to
advance any particular public interests that may be served by
disclosure of the withheld information. See Burge v. Eastburn,
934 F.2d 577, 579 (5th Cir. 1991). Further, his contention that
the FBI failed to provide him with over 700 additional pages of
documents relates to a separate FOIA request that is not the
subject of this litigation. Accordingly, the judgment of the
district court is AFFIRMED.
AFFIRMED.