Tsa

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JONATHAN CORBETT, No. 23-55713

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-06920- v. DMG-MAA

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

ADMINISTRATION, OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dolly M. Gee, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 14, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed September 10, 2024

Before: William A. Fletcher, Morgan Christen, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Christen SUMMARY*

Freedom of Information Act

The panel vacated the district court’s dismissal for failure to exhaust administrative remedies of Jonathan Corbett’s action seeking an order requiring the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to produce certain documents he requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). When a member of the public submits a FOIA request to a federal agency, the agency must determine within twenty days whether to comply with the request or to notify the requester of…