IJ Guidance on Waiving Respondent's Presence During an Oral Decision
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| Tracking # |
2020-23881 |
| Submitted | March 4, 2020 |
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From: Matthew Hoppock
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. The materials from the May 14, 2019 ACIJ meeting where ACIJs were instructed to inform the immigration judges they manage to not release the parties for the oral decision. This should include any written agenda and notes from the meeting.
2. Any other guidance issued to immigration judges since May 25, 2019 on whether it is permissible to dismiss a respondent who has attended her trial when it is time for the oral decision.
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,
Matthew Hoppock
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 4, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-23881.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
Hi Matthew,
A search was conducted and responsive documents were located. However, this and several others of yours await attorney review. We have a backlog of complex cases waiting for our two FOIA attorneys (including myself) to review and redact.
All things being equal, we try to process complex requests in the order in which they were received. Your oldest case is now 2020-2830 (JLC Forum remand). I am working on that today and will have another partial out to you soon.
Anything you can do to narrow or clarify your requests is helpful to us in working down the backlog. Reviewing and redacting voluminous e-mails is especially time consuming and results in delays for other requests awaiting attorney review.
Thank you for your patience.
Wr/
Joseph R. Schaaf
Supervisory Attorney-Advisor
Executive Office for Immigration Review
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 4, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2020-23881.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
Matthew, this is #40 of 82 pending complex requests. It is awaiting attorney review. r/JRS
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From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
Matthew, please see FOIA response attached.
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Joseph R. Schaaf
Supervisory Attorney-Advisor
Executive Office for Immigration Review
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