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Dear Matthew Hoppock: This response acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) dated 01/13/2021 and received 01/13/2021.  Your request has been assigned control number 2021-13035. The FOIA requires an agency to respond within 20 working days after receipt of the request, and EOIR endeavors to meet this standard.  The FOIA permits a ten-day extension of this time period, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B), based on unusual circumstances.  Your request involves “unusual circumstances,” and EOIR is extending the time period to respond by an additional 10 working days because your request requires the collection of records from field offices, or involves a search, collection, and review of voluminous records, or requires consultation with another agency or two or more agency components. Please be advised that due to necessary operational changes as a result of the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, there may be significant delay in the processing of your request. EOIR FOIA requests are placed in one of three tracks. Track one is for those requests that seek and receive expedited processing pursuant to subsection (a)(6)(E) of the FOIA. Track two is for simple requests that do not involve voluminous records or lengthy consultations with other entities.  Track three is for complex requests that involve voluminous records and for which lengthy or numerous consultations are required, or those requests that may involve sensitive records.  Your request has been placed in track three for complex requests. If you have filed an application for a fee waiver, EOIR will address your request in a separate letter. Additionally, if you have requested expedited processing, EOIR will contact you in a separate letter. If you have any questions regarding unusual circumstances, you may contact the EOIR FOIA Service Center or FOIA Public Liaison at (703) 605-1297 to discuss reformulation or an alternative time frame to process your request, or for any further assistance regarding any aspect of your request. Alternatively, 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, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll free at (877) 684-6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769. Sincerely, FOIA Intake

Dear Mr. Hoppock:

This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated 01/13/2021 to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) in which you seek certain records identified in your request.

Upon review of our request history, it has been determined that you filed a previous FOIA request in which our office responded by sending you a letter indicating that your request was being processed under control number FOIA 2019-14550 dated 01/6/2019. As you will recall, we responded to FOIA 2019-14550 by letter dated July 24, 2019. Therefore, this FOIA request is being closed as a duplicate request.

If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please contact the FOIA Officer who processed your request or the EOIR FOIA Public Liaison at (703) 605-1297. 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, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll free at (877) 684-6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769.

If you are not satisfied with the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s determination in response to this request, you may administratively appeal by writing to the Director, Office of Information Policy (OIP), United States Department of Justice, 441 G Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20530, or you may submit an appeal through OIP’s FOIA STAR portal by creating an account following the instructions on OIP’s website https://www.justice.gov/oip/submit-and-track-request-or-appeal.Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 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.”

Sincerely, Shelley M. O’Hara
Attorney Advisor (FOIA)

Dear Matthew Hoppock: This response acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) dated 01/14/2021 and received 01/14/2021.  Your request has been assigned control number 2021-13564. The FOIA requires an agency to respond within 20 working days after receipt of the request, and EOIR endeavors to meet this standard.  The FOIA permits a ten-day extension of this time period, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B), based on unusual circumstances.  Your request involves “unusual circumstances,” and EOIR is extending the time period to respond by an additional 10 working days because your request requires the collection of records from field offices, or involves a search, collection, and review of voluminous records, or requires consultation with another agency or two or more agency components. Please be advised that due to necessary operational changes as a result of the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, there may be significant delay in the processing of your request. EOIR FOIA requests are placed in one of three tracks. Track one is for those requests that seek and receive expedited processing pursuant to subsection (a)(6)(E) of the FOIA. Track two is for simple requests that do not involve voluminous records or lengthy consultations with other entities.  Track three is for complex requests that involve voluminous records and for which lengthy or numerous consultations are required, or those requests that may involve sensitive records.  Your request has been placed in track three for complex requests. If you have filed an application for a fee waiver, EOIR will address your request in a separate letter. Additionally, if you have requested expedited processing, EOIR will contact you in a separate letter. If you have any questions regarding unusual circumstances, you may contact the EOIR FOIA Service Center or FOIA Public Liaison at (703) 605-1297 to discuss reformulation or an alternative time frame to process your request, or for any further assistance regarding any aspect of your request. Alternatively, 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, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll free at (877) 684-6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769. Sincerely, FOIA Intake

Matthew, we show this request was closed on 01/14/2021 as a duplicate request. JRS

Matthew, in that case Im happy to reopen but this language will be a problem:

The e-mail messages to or from any EOIR employee

Can you narrow that to, say, Director, Deputy Director, and Chief Immigration Judge?

JRS

Dear Matthew Hoppock: This response acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) dated 03/16/2022 and received 03/16/2022.  Your request has been assigned control number 2022-28876. The FOIA requires an agency to respond within 20 working days after receipt of the request, and EOIR endeavors to meet this standard. The FOIA permits a ten-day extension of this time period, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B), based on unusual circumstances. Your request involves “unusual circumstances,” and EOIR is extending the time period to respond by an additional 10 working days because your request requires the collection of records from field offices, or involves a search, collection, and review of voluminous records, or requires consultation with another agency or two or more agency components. Please be advised that due to necessary operational changes as a result of the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, there may be significant delay in the processing of your request. EOIR FOIA requests are placed in one of three tracks. Track one is for those requests that seek and receive expedited processing pursuant to subsection (a)(6)(E) of the FOIA. Track two is for simple requests that do not involve voluminous records or lengthy consultations with other entities. Track three is for complex requests that involve voluminous records and for which lengthy or numerous consultations are required, or those requests that may involve sensitive records. Your request has been placed in track three for complex requests. If you have filed an application for a fee waiver, EOIR will address your request in a separate letter. Additionally, if you have requested expedited processing, EOIR will contact you in a separate letter. If you have any questions regarding unusual circumstances, you may contact the EOIR FOIA Service Center or FOIA Public Liaison at (703) 605-1297 to discuss reformulation or an alternative time frame to process your request, or for any further assistance regarding any aspect of your request. Alternatively, 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, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll free at (877) 684-6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769. Sincerely, FOIA Intake

Re: 2022-28876 Freedom of Information Act Request for Dear Matthew Hoppock, This message is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for agency records relating to the above-referenced individual. Documents responsive to your request have been reviewed and are ready for delivery.  However, the documents are too large for e-mail delivery.  To receive your documents, you must open an account at our Public Access Link (PAL) here: DOJ - EOIR - PAL-Home (justice.gov). (https://foia.eoir.justice.gov/app/Home.aspx) PAL allows for instant electronic download directly from our system, greatly accelerating delivery and overall processing of requests. Documents can typically be uploaded to PAL for your retrieval within two business days of account creation. Please contact the EOIR FOIA Public Liaison at EOIR.FOIARequests@usdoj.gov (mailto:EOIR.FOIARequests@usdoj.gov?subject=PAL%20Account) when you have opened an account in PAL so that we may upload your documents directly to your account. If we do not hear from you within 15 days, we will assume you are no longer seeking these documents and will close your request administratively. If you cannot use the PAL, please contact the EOIR FOIA Public Liaison above to make alternate arrangements for delivery. Note that non-PAL delivery will require special handling and documents may be delayed. If you are a party to a case before an immigration court or Board of Immigration Appeals, you may now request your ROP directly from the court/BIA per the instructions here: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/ROPrequest (https://www.justice.gov/eoir/ROPrequest) . To take advantage of this alternate method, please withdraw your FOIA request and follow the instructions on the webpage. Sincerely, FOIA Delivery

Re: 2022-28876 Freedom ofInformation Act Request for DearMatthew Hoppock, This message is inresponse to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for agency recordsrelating to the above-referenced individual. In order tofacilitate the delivery of your documents when they become ready, we havecreated an account for you within our Public Access Link (PAL). When yourdocuments are ready for delivery, they will be sent to you via electronicallydelivery to your PAL account, and you will be notified of the delivery. Youmust follow the steps below to access electronically delivered documents in thePAL. Note that parties to immigration cases (including respondents and their representatives of record) have the option to request their Record of Proceedings directly from the immigration court or Board of Immigration Appeals. Please see the instructions here: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/ROPrequest. (https://www.justice.gov/eoir/ROPrequest) IMPORTANT Within the next 24hours, you should receive at least two emails. The first email will state thatan existing profile with your email address has been located and a temporarypassword has been created. The second email will provide you with the temporarypassword. As soon as you receive those emails, please go to the PAL at https://foia.eoir.justice.gov/app/Home.aspxand complete the following steps: (https://foia.eoir.justice.gov/app/Home.aspx)
* Click “Sign In.”
* Click “Forgot User Name or Password?”
* Type in your email address, which must be the same email address that is referenced in the emails you received, and click “Recover User Name.”
* Check your email for the verification code. Then, enter the verification code in the box where prompted and click “Recover user Name.”
* Check your email for the User Name.
* Click “Sign In.”
* Enter the User Name and temporary password you received in the previous email. Then, click “Sign In.”
* Set up your “Hint Question” and “Hint Answer.” Click “Change Password” to update the temporary password to a password of your choosing. (Use the temporary password for the “Old Password” field.) If you did notreceive the emails or have any trouble with your PAL account, please contactthe EOIR FOIA Public Liaison at EOIR.FOIARequests@usdoj.gov. If you cannot usethe PAL, please contact the EOIR FOIA Public Liaison above to make alternatearrangements for delivery. Note that non-PAL delivery will require specialhandling and documents may be delayed. Sincerely, FOIA Intake

Dear Matthew Hoppock,
Documents requested by you were delivered by PAL. Please access https://foia.eoir.justice.gov/ to download the documents.
Note: In order to access the https://foia.eoir.justice.gov/, use your login that have been made activated by the agency, and the password which was sent in confidence to your email ID when registering with the Public Access Service of the agency.
Regards,
DOJ-EOIR PAL

Good Morning, Mr. Hoppock,

2021-13035 was closed on January 14, 2021. For your convenience, please find attached a copy of the final response letter.

Sincerely,

EOIR FOIA Service Center