John W. Sigler v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 JOHN W. SIGLER, Case № 2:18-cv-00683-ODW (JCx) Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING
v.
DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &
SUMMARY JUDGMENT [20]
HUMAN SERVICES,
Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION This matter is before the Court on Defendant U.S. Department of Health and 19 Human Services’s (“HHS”) Motion for Summary Judgment (“Motion”) on pro se 20 Plaintiff John W. Sigler’s (“Sigler”) Complaint pursuant to the Freedom of 21 Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq. (ECF No. 20.) For the reasons that 22 follow, the Court GRANTS HHS’s Motion.1 II. BACKGROUND The parties agree on all material facts. On May 10, 2017, Sigler submitted a 25 FOIA request to HHS seeking correspondence records related to Sigler’s 2016 and 26 2017 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) complaints
28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the motion, the Court…