Haley v. SSA, No. 14-3775, 2015 WL 3745618 (D. Md. June 11, 2015) (Bredar, J.)

Haley v. SSA, No. 14-3775, 2015 WL 3745618 (D. Md. June 11, 2015) (Bredar, J.)

Re: Request for records concerning plaintiff

Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment

• Procedural Requirements, Proper FOIA Requests:  The court finds that "[p]laintiff failed to submit a proper FOIA or Privacy Act request in that he failed to mail his requests to the proper SSA office."  "Additionally, plaintiff's requests failed to properly identify the records requested."  "Under the SSA's Privacy Act regulations, plaintiff was required to specify the systems of records to be searched."  "Also, under both the Privacy Act and FOIA, plaintiff's blanket request for 'any and all records' is not proper as it fails to reasonably describe or identify the requested records."