Jenkins v. DOJ, No. 16-1676, 2019 WL 2503908 (D.D.C. June 17, 2019) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)

Jenkins v. DOJ, No. 16-1676, 2019 WL 2503908 (D.D.C. June 17, 2019) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.)

Re:  Request for certain records concerning self

Disposition:  Concluding after remand from Court of Appeals that defendant conducted adequate search

• Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Search:  "[T]he Court concludes that defendant conducted an adequate search for records responsive to plaintiff's FOIA request."  The court finds that "Defendant adequately demonstrates that CaseView is the system most likely to contain records responsive to plaintiff's FOIA request, explains the organization of information within CaseView, describes the means by which [defendant] queried CaseView using variations of plaintiff's name as search terms."  "These steps are reasonable under the circumstances of this case, even if the search yielded no responsive records."  "There is no need for a Vaughn index or in camera review, as plaintiff has requested."  Responding to plaintiff's objection, the court finds that "Defendant's 'failure to turn up a particular document, or mere speculation that as yet uncovered documents might exist, does not undermine the determination that the agency conducted an adequate search for the requested records.'"