Matter of M-S- Referral Documents

Evan Benz filed this request with the Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Due June 14, 2019
Est. Completion None
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Awaiting Response

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From: Evan Benz


To Whom It May Concern:

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

The records related to the Attorney General's decision to refer the case of Matter of M-S- to himself. See, https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1100661/download and https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/1154747/download. This should include all of the following:

1. The correspondence, including e-mail messages and written correspondence, mentioning the name of the respondent in the Matter of M-S- case or their A number.
2. The file maintained by the OLC on the M-S- matter.
3. Any notes written by any employee of the OLC regarding the M-S- matter.

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,

Evan Benz

From: Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel

Dear Mr. Benz:

Attached, please find the acknowledgement letter for your FOIA request to OLC that has been assigned tracking number FY19-146.

Sincerely,
Melissa Golden, Esq.
Lead Paralegal and FOIA Specialist
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Justice

From: Evan Benz

Good afternoon:

It has now been over 3 months since I submitted this request, No. 19-146. I have repeatedly followed up to ask for an update on my request, but have received no communication from your office since the original acknowledgment, date June 17, 2019. I repeat my request for an update, and respectfully ask that your office process this FOIA request as expeditiously as possible.

Best,

Evan

From: Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel

Dear Mr. Benz:

I apologize for our lack response to your previous inquiries-sometimes when there is no tracking number in the subject line of an email it gets buried in our FOIA mailbox. Both requests are still in line in our complex track waiting to be processed. Please let us know if you wish to clarify or narrow your requests so that we might be able to move them to our simple track and process them more quickly.

Sincerely,
Melissa Golden, Esq.
Lead Paralegal and FOIA Specialist
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Justice

From: Evan Benz

Dear Ms. Golden:

Thank you for your response. I will await the expeditious processing of my request.

Sincerely,

Evan

From: Evan Benz

Good afternoon:

It has now been over 7 months since I submitted this request, No. 19-146. I have repeatedly followed up to ask for an update on my request, but have received no communication from your office since September 5, 2019. I repeat my request for an update, and respectfully ask that your office process this FOIA request as expeditiously as possible.

Best,

Evan

From: Evan Benz

Status Update Re. FOIA Requests to OLC, FY19-145 & FY19-146

Good Morning:

It has now been over 10 months since I submitted the above-referenced requests, Nos. 19-145 & 19-146. I respectfully ask that your office process this FOIA request as expeditiously as possible. I also request that you provide the position number of these requests in your queue of complex cases (e.g. #34 out of 125 complex requests), and an estimated date of completion, if you are able.

Best,

Evan

From: Evan Benz

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 20, 2019 -- almost one year ago! Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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