Jussie Smollett Documentss (Cook County State's Attorney's Office)
| Multi Request | Jussie Smollett Documentss |
| Submitted | March 26, 2019 |
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From: Freddy Martinez
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
Beginning on January 29th of 2019:
Any and all documents related to the investigation into Jussie Smollett.
Please be aware that these documents are being made by a member of the media.
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 there are fees, 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,
Freddy Martinez
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Please see attached request for an extension.
From: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
From: SAO FOIA (States Attorney)
Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 10:32 AM
To: requests@muckrock.com
Cc: SAO FOIA (States Attorney) <SAO.FOIA@cookcountyil.gov>; SAO FOIA (States Attorney) <SAO.FOIA@cookcountyil.gov>
Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request: Jussie Smollett Documentss (Cook County State's Attorney's Office)
Please see attached request for an extension.
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Date: April 2, 2019 at 4:03:51 AM CDT
To: paul.castiglione@cookcountyil.gov<mailto:paul.castiglione@cookcountyil.gov>
Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request: Jussie Smollett Documentss (Cook County State's Attorney's Office)
Cook County State's Attorney's Office
FOIA Office
69 West Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602
April 2, 2019
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 26, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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On March 26, 2019:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
Beginning on January 29th of 2019:
Any and all documents related to the investigation into Jussie Smollett.
Please be aware that these documents are being made by a member of the media.
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 there are fees, 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,
Freddy Martinez
Filed via MuckRock.com<http://MuckRock.com>
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
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For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 70978
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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From: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
Please note a review of the documents in the Jussie Smollett matter is currently underway and the State’s Attorney’s Office will release the documents related to this case through a FOIA production by June 3, 2019.
Note: Please direct all FOIA requests to: SAO.FOIA@cookcountyil.gov<mailto:SAO.FOIA@cookcountyil.gov>. If you have previously submitted a FOIA request for these records and received our April 16, 2019 production, you do not have to submit a new request.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 26, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 3, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 26, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 3, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
While it is apparent this is an automated message, please note the SAO provided records responsive to this FOIA request on April 16, 2019 and May 31, 2019.
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From: Freddy Martinez
Hi Chloe,
I apologize for the automated message but I do not see the final documents attached to this request. I only see the final determination letter attached
(see here: https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2019/04/16/4.16.19MARTINEZ.pdf ).
Can you resubmit them? Thank you!
Freddy
From: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
The letter contains a link to the records.
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