April 1994 911 phone calls (Kurt Cobain) (National Archives And Records Administration – Archival Or Special Access)

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* Tracking Number: NARA-NGC-2021-001257
* Requester Name: Kristian Brandon Nelson
* Date Submitted: 08/12/2021
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I called 911 in April of 1994 to report the homicide of Kurt Cobain, from the address 7000 Brentford Road in Sarasota, Florida 34241. I am requesting all relevant information and documentation regarding the specific April 1994 911 calls, including but not limited to taped audio, written documents, and images. I request that those files be made public, and available to me, pursuant to the freedom of information act.

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 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Kristian Brandon Nelson

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Please see the attached letter in response to your FOIA request.

Disposition:  No Records

Sent via FOIAonline

August 19, 2021

Kristian B. Nelson
MuckRock News DEPT MR 117485
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

RE: Freedom of Information Act Request NGC21-702

Dear Mr. Nelson:

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), dated August 12, 2021, which we received in our office on the same date via FOIAonline. We assigned your request the above internal tracking number in addition to your FOIAonline tracking number NARA-NGC-2021-001257. In your request, you stated:

I called 911 in April of 1994 to report the homicide of Kurt Cobain, from the address 7000 Brentford Road in Sarasota, Florida 34241. I am requesting all relevant information and documentation regarding the specific April 1994 911 calls, including but not limited to taped audio, written documents, and images.

NARA is the repository for documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by agencies of the Executive branch of the United States Federal government. We estimate that less than 5% of these records are designated as permanent records for legal or historical purposes. Federal agencies usually transfer their permanent records to NARA no earlier than 15 years from the date of creation, but we receive many well after 30 years from the date of creation.

Unfortunately, we do not hold the records you seek. NARA is not a repository for state, county or municipal records. You may wish to contact the state or local agency in Sarasota, FL that operates the 911 service to see if such records were retained as permanent records. The federal FOIA does not apply to states. Each state has its own law on access to public records.

This completes the processing of your FOIA request to us.

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If you would like to discuss our response before filing an appeal to attempt to resolve your dispute without going through the appeals process, you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison Gary M. Stern for assistance at:

National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, Room 3110
College Park, MD 20740-6001
301-837-1750
garym.stern@nara.gov

If you are unable to resolve your FOIA dispute through our FOIA Public Liaison, the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), the Federal FOIA Ombudsman’s office, offers mediation services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies. The contact information for OGIS is noted below:

Office of Government Information Services
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road–OGIS
College Park, MD 20740-6001
ogis@nara.gov
ogis.archives.gov
202-741-5770 or toll free 1-877-684-6448

Sincerely,

Susan Gillett
Government Information Specialist
Office of General Counsel
susan.gillett@nara.gov