Pending civil rights cases
| Submitted | Dec. 9, 2015 |
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From: Forest Gregg
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/1 to 11), I hereby request the following records:
Provide information, including but not limited to case number, of all pending civil rights case handled by the Federal Civil Rights Litigation Division.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Forest Gregg
From: McCaffrey, Bill
December 16, 2015
Response via email
Forest Gregg
MuckRock
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
RE: your FOIA request
Dear Mr. Gregg:
On behalf of the City of Chicago Department of Law, I am responding to your Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request dated December 9, 2015, which was received in our offices on the same date. At this time, I am seeking an extension of five additional working days to respond to the request for one or more of the following reasons identified in 5 ILCS 140/3(e) of FOIA:
( ) the requested records are stored in whole or in part at other locations than the office having charge of the requested records;
( ) the request requires the collection of a substantial number of specified records;
( ) the request is couched in categorical terms and requires an extensive search for the records responsive to it;
( ) the requested records have not been located in the course of routine search and additional efforts are being made to locate them;
( ) the requested records require examination and evaluation by personnel having the necessary competence and discretion to determine if they are exempt from disclosure under Section 7 of the FOIA or should be revealed only with appropriate deletions;
( ) the request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by 5 ILCS 140/3(d) without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body;
(xx) there is need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all practicable speed, with another public body or among two or more components of a public body having a substantial interest in the determination or in the subject matter of the request.
Sincerely,
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Bill McCaffrey
Freedom of Information Officer
From: McCaffrey, Bill
December 21, 2015
Response via email
Forest Gregg
MuckRock
DEPT MR 22777
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
Dear Mr. Gregg:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated December 9, 2015 which was submitted to the City of Chicago Law Department. The Law Department is now timely responding to your FOIA request which seeks the following:
information, including but not limited to case number, of all pending civil rights case handled by the Federal Civil Rights Litigation Division
Attached please find a document that is responsive to your request.
Sincerely,
Bill McCaffrey
Freedom of Information Officer
From: Forest Gregg
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Forest Gregg
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