LANE v. DEPT OF INTERIOR
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in LANE v. DEPT OF INTERIOR, No. 06-15191, an appeal in a civil action against the United States. The panel consisted of Mary M. Schroeder, Cynthia Holcomb Hall and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
HALL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Melinda Lane appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the United States Department of the Interior in her action for violations of the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act. She also appeals the district court’s denial of her discovery request and motion to seal records. We affirm. I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY A. Introduction This case stems from a dispute between Melinda Lane, a former park ranger, and her supervisors at the National Parks Service (NPS), a division of the Department of the Interior. Lane, who worked at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, was promoted to a position with law enforcement duties in August of 2001, and experienced employment problems soon after. On October 21, 2001, Chief Park Ranger Dale Antonich received a letter from a citizen complaining that Lane acted unprofessionally when she stopped him for a traffic violation. Lane disputed certain aspects of the complaint, but agreed to undertake a plan to improve her skills. In March of 2002, Lane used profane language to describe some of her instructors at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, . . .