Pennsylvania Federal Judge Denies Attorney Fees In FOIA Document Request

摘要

A federal judge in Pennsylvania on March 7 denied attorneys fees to an attorney seeking research data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies related to a federally funded study known as Low-Level Environmental Lead Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function: An International Pooled Analysis. The judge concluded that the plaintiff did not substantively, or procedurally, prevail in her action against the government in seeking the data under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Amy K. Pohl v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. etal No. 09-1480, W.D. Pa.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30789).