Suckow Mansfield Case

Jimmy Tobias filed this request with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service of the United States of America.
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04/13/2020

Status
Completed

Communications

From: Jimmy Tobias


To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments and text messages, sent or received by Wildlife Services western regional director Jason Suckow that contain one or more of the following words or phrases: "Mansfield", "Canyon Mansfield", "Mansfields" or "Mansfield family". This request seeks all communications by Suckow that refer to the case of Canyon Mansfield, a teenager who was poisoned by an M-44 cyanide device in 2017. For your reference, you can read more about Canyon Mansfield's case here: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/us-government-blames-local-boy-and-his-family-for-cyanide/article_3e7d7e8f-3ecf-585b-8ed1-edf8d1dfe1b7.html

This request seeks records produced since January 1, 2017 to the date this request is processed.

I am a reporter for Pacific Standard and The Guardian newspaper, and request a fee waiver as any documents released to me will be used to inform the public.

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,

Jimmy Tobias

From: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service

Good Morning Mr. Tobias,

We apologize for your request being overlooked in the FOIA mailbox. However, it's logged and send to the program for a search for records. We have requested an expedited search.
Thanks

Shirley Browning Boyd
FOIA Staff
4700 River Road Suite 2B-03.18
Riverdale, MD 20737

From: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service

Jimmy Tobias
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 80684
411A Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
Email: requests@muckrock.com

Dear Mr. Tobias:

This is a final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated September 20, 2019, and received in this office on December 20, 2019 and assigned tracking number 2020-APHIS-01424-F. You requested copies of "any and all written or electronic communications, including email attachments and text messages, sent or received by Wildlife Services western regional director Jason Suckow that contain one or more of the following words or phrases: "Mansfield", "Canyon Mansfield", "Mansfields" or "Mansfield family". This request seeks all communications by Suckow that refer to the case of Canyon Mansfield, a teenager who was poisoned by an M-44 cyanide device in 2017."

Please open these two attached files for more information in reference to your request.

Sincerely,

Sophie Lau-Lopez
Government Information Specialist
USDA-APHIS-LPA-FOIA
4700 River Road, Unit 50
Riverdale, MD 20737
Tel: 301-851-4083
Email: Sophana.N.Lau-Lopez@usda.gov

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