Torres Consulting & Law Group, LLC v. VA, No. 17-16075, 2018 WL 5786056 (9th Cir. Nov. 5, 2018) (per curiam)

Torres Consulting & Law Group, LLC v. VA, No. 17-16075, 2018 WL 5786056 (9th Cir. Nov. 5, 2018) (per curiam)

Re:  Request for records to determine whether government contractors were complying with Davis-Bacon Act

Disposition:  Affirming district court's determination that requester was commercial use requester

• Fees and Fee Waivers, Requester Categories:  The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit holds that "[t]he proposed use of the requested information was to submit complaints to the Department of Labor for violations of federal wage law."  "The VA did not err in classifying that use as commercial under the governing regulation."  "The VA concluded that '[the requester] is in business for the benefit of its Union members,' not 'to inform the public.'"  The court holds that "the district court correctly affirmed the VA's finding that [the requester] was a commercial use requester, acting on behalf of a client who would use the information to materially benefit the unions it represented."