Jonathan Love BIA Decisions
| Tracking # |
2018-45608, DOJ-AP-2019-000692 2018-45608 |
| Submitted | Aug. 17, 2018 |
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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:
Jonathan Love was an attorney for the INS and DHS who forged documents in an attempt to get clients deported. See e.g. "This Case is About a Lie," Slate, August 16, 2018, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/ignacio-lanuza-got-deported-because-an-ice-agent-forged-a-document-ice-didnt-care-until-lanuza-sued.html.; "Prosecutory Who Lied to Get Man Deported: Why Did I Do This?" Seattle PI, April 20, 2016, https://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Prosecutor-who-lied-to-get-man-deported-Why-7265443.php.
We are trying to determine how many other times Jonathan Love forged documents in immigration cases to get immigrants deported. To that end, please provide the following records:
1. All unpublished BIA decisions where the attorney for the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") or Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") was Jonathan Love.
2. The records related to any referral by an Immigration Judge of Jonathan Love to any DHS or INS oversight agency (including the "Office of Professional Responsibility" or the "Office of Inspector General").
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
An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.
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 Aug. 17, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2018-45608.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
Matthew, please see response to FOIA 2018-45608. Wr/JRS
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CaptureBIA
From: Matthew Hoppock
The agency did not perform an adequate search. The agency adjudication letter says it has no way to search its decisions by keywords. That is false. Recently the Third Circuit ordered the DOJ to produce all decisions in a 3-year span with a specific keyword, and the agency did so promptly. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/171056p.pdf.
The agency has electronic copies of its decisions. There is no meaningful explanation for why the agency can’t search those decisions or the paper versions and produce the ones listing a specific attorney as representing the DHS or INS.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
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-2019-000692
* Request Tracking Number: 2018-45608
* Requester Name: Matthew Hoppock
* Date Submitted: 10/30/2018
* Appeal Status: Submitted
* Description: EOIR Appeal
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
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From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
DOJ-AP-2019-000692 has been processed with the following final disposition: Affirmed on Appeal.
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