All DOJ Documents of DOJ Investigation into Former Maryland U.S. Attorney, Lynne Battaglia

This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=EOUSA-2018-004761&type=request)
* Tracking Number: EOUSA-2018-004761
* Requester Name: Donald Stone
* Date Submitted: 07/03/2018
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: Battaglia (public only)/MD
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The FOIA request EOUSA-2018-004761 has had its Tracking Number changed to EOUSA-2018-004761. This is normally due to the request being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Old Tracking Number: EOUSA-2018-004761
* New Tracking Number: EOUSA-2018-004761
* Requester Name: Donald Stone
* Date Submitted: 07/19/2018
* Long Description: Battaglia (public only)/MD
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The Executive Office for United States Attorneys has received your Freedom of Information Act request and assigned the above number to the request.
You have requested records concerning a third party (or third parties).  Records pertaining to a third party generally cannot be released absent express authorization and consent of the third party, proof that the subject of your request is deceased, or a clear demonstration that the public interest in disclosure outweighs the personal privacy interest and that significant public benefit would result from the disclosure of the requested records.  Since you have not furnished a release, death certificate, or public justification for release, the release of records concerning a third party would result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and would be in violation of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C.§ 552a.  These records are also generally exempt from disclosure pursuant to sections (b)(6) and (b)(7)(C) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552.
We will release, if requested, any public records maintained in our files, such as court records and news clippings, without the express authorization of the third party, a death certificate, or public justification for release.  If you desire to obtain public records, if public records exist in our files, please reply with a letter asking for the public documents. Please send your letter to the address above.
Should you obtain the written authorization and consent of the third party for release of the records to you, please submit a new request for the documents accompanied by the written authorization.  A form is enclosed to assist you in providing us the authorization and consent of the subject of your request.  Your name should appear in the section titled “Optional.”  The authorization must be notarized or signed under penalty of perjury pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Please send your new request to the address above.
[     ]     Please note that your original letter was split into separate files (“requests”), for processing purposes, based on the nature of what of what you sought.   Each file will have a separate Request Number (listed below), for which you will receive a separate response:
This is a final action on this above-numbered request. If you are not satisfied with my response to this request, you may administratively appeal by writing to the Director, Office of Information Policy (OIP), United States Department of Justice, Suite 11050, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530-0001, or you may submit an appeal through OIP's FOIAonline portal by creating an account on the following website: https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home.  Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within ninety (90) days of the date of my response to your request. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked “Freedom of Information Act Appeal.” (https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home)
You may contact our FOIA Public Liaison at the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) for any further assistance and to discuss any aspect of your request. The contact information for EOUSA is 175 N Street, NE, Suite 5.400, Washington, DC 20530; telephone at 202-252-6020; or facsimile 202-252-6048. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (mailto:ogis@nara.gov) 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769.
Enclosure
Form  No. 006 - 12/15

This message is to notify you of a new appeal submission to the FOIAonline application. Appeal information is as follows:
* Appeal Tracking Number: DOJ-AP-2018-008001
* Request Tracking Number: EOUSA-2018-004761
* Requester Name: Donald Stone
* Date Submitted: 08/23/2018
* Appeal Status: Submitted
* Description: EOUSA

The FOIA appeal DOJ-AP-2018-008001 has had its Tracking Number changed to DOJ-AP-2018-008001. This is normally due to the appeal being transferred to another agency (for example, EPA to Dept. of Commerce) or to a sub-agency to process it. Additional details for this appeal are as follows:
* Old Tracking Number: DOJ-AP-2018-008001
* New Tracking Number: DOJ-AP-2018-008001
* Requester Name: Donald Stone
* Date Submitted: 08/31/2018
* Long Description: EOUSA

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This message is to notify you of a new appeal submission to the FOIAonline application. Appeal information is as follows:
* Appeal Tracking Number: EOUSA-2018-005533
* Request Tracking Number: EOUSA-2018-004761
* Requester Name: Donald Stone
* Date Submitted: 09/05/2018
* Appeal Status: Submitted
* Description: See attached open appeal letter

DOJ-AP-2018-008001 has been processed with the following final disposition: Affirmed on Appeal

This message is to confirm your request submission to the FOIAonline application: View Request. Request information is as follows: (https://www.foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/submissionDetails?trackingNumber=EOUSA-2019-002359&type=request)
* Tracking Number: EOUSA-2019-002359
* Requester Name: Donald Stone
* Date Submitted: 03/29/2019
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description: Third party MD

U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
Freedom of Information and Privacy Staff
175 N Street, NE
Suite 5.400, 3CON Building
Washington, DC 20530
The Executive Office for United States Attorneys has received your Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act request. We see that it is a status inquiry, rather than a new request. We will close this request number, and continue to work on your previous request.
The Executive Office has received an exceedingly heavy volume of Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act requests and is working to respond.  Please be assured, however, that your request is being handled as equitably as possible and that all documents which can be released will be made available at the earliest possible date. We estimate an additional four months to respond.
Form No. 000 – 2/16