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Coss v. DOJ, No. 14-1326, 2015 WL 5692862 (D.D.C. Sept. 28, 2015) (Boasberg, J.)

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Coss v. DOJ, No. 14-1326, 2015 WL 5692862 (D.D.C. Sept. 28, 2015) (Boasberg, J.)

Re: Request for notebook containing confidential informant’s drug transactions

Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment

  • Procedural Requirements, Searching for Responsive Records:  "[T]he Court will issue an Order granting Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment."  The court notes that "[p]laintiff does not dispute the diligence of the search or the search terms used, but he rejoins that the FBI was also obligated to find the chain-of-custody record for the notebooks and contact 'the prosecutor and/or records clerk' in [a third party's] criminal case."  The court finds that, "[u]nder FOIA, the Court only has 'jurisdiction to enjoin the agency from withholding agency records and to order the production of any agency records improperly withheld from the complainant.'"  "The Court cannot require the FBI to track down records or people outside its domain."
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Procedural Requirements, Searching for Responsive Records
Updated January 10, 2022