Davis v. DOJ, No. 15-2071, 15-1670, 2017 WL 398327 (D.D.C. Jan. 30, 2017) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)

Davis v. DOJ, No. 15-2071, 15-1670, 2017 WL 398327 (D.D.C. Jan. 30, 2017) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)

Re: Request for records concerning plaintiff

Disposition: Denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment; granting defendants' combined motion in opposition and counter motion for summary judgment

• Litigation Considerations: "[T]he Court concludes from its independent examination of the record that defendants have fully discharged their disclosure obligations under FOIA and are entitled to judgment as a matter of law." The court relates that "[i]n his motion for summary judgment filed before defendants' motion, plaintiff faults defendants generally for failing to respond to his requests 'in a timely manner.'" "In the portion appearing in the record, plaintiff does not contest any specific withholdings or the defendants’ searches." The court finds that "[t]he timeliness of defendants' responses, however, is inconsequential at this stage of the proceedings because 'however fitful or delayed the release of information under the FOIA may be, once all requested records are surrendered, federal courts have no further statutory function to perform.'" "[T]he Court [then] summarize[s] why granting summary judgment to defendants on their undisputed facts is warranted." "The Court has carefully reviewed defendants' declarations, which support their well-documented undisputed facts." "It finds that each DOJ component named in this action conducted searches reasonably calculated to locate responsive records . . . and released all reasonably segregable records[.]" "The Court agrees with each component's justifications for withholding information under the FOIA exemptions invoked."