Bethea v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., No. 12-3577, 2015 WL 128146 (D.S.C. Jan. 12, 2016) (Harwell, J.)

Bethea v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., No. 12-3577, 2015 WL 128146 (D.S.C. Jan. 12, 2016) (Harwell, J.)

Re: Request for certain compliance reviews and specific agency decision

Disposition: Adopting Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation; granting defendant's motion for summary judgment

• Procedural Requirements, Searching for Responsive Records:  The court holds that "defendant's motion for summary judgment should be granted" because "the agency has shown through its filed declaration that its search for records was reasonable, specifying the search terms used, and Plaintiff has not shown that the search was not in fact performed in good faith."  "[T]he Court finds that the plaintiff has not produced any evidence that the defendant has not conducted a search reasonably calculated to find documents[.]"