Brennan Ctr. for Justice at N.Y. University School of Law v. DOJ, No. 17-6335, 2019 WL 2717168 (S.D.N.Y. June 28, 2019) (Hellerstein, J.)

Brennan Ctr. for Justice at N.Y. University School of Law v. DOJ, No. 17-6335, 2019 WL 2717168 (S.D.N.Y. June 28, 2019) (Hellerstein, J.)

Re:  Request for certain records concerning Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity's work

Disposition:  Denying defendant's motion for reconsideration of grant of plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment, denial of defendant's motion for partial summary judgment

• Procedural Requirements, Searching for Responsive Records:  The court holds that "Defendants' motion for reconsideration is denied."  The court relates that "Defendants argue that reconsideration is warranted based on [the court's] determination that [certain] emails were agency records . . . ."  The court relates that "[it] addressed this argument and concluded that '[w]e are not talking about private musings or private thinking[;] [w]e are talking about communications[]'" and finds that "[t]he emails, which concern voting integrity, and which were received and created by CRT employees who enforce voting law, 'reflect substance related to, and therefore shed[ ] light on' the conduct of their official duties."  The court finds that "Defendants' position is without merit and contradicts the record in this case."