Mann v. U.S., No. 14-01774, 2015 WL 6123981 (D. Or. Oct. 14, 2015) (Aiken, C. J.)
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Mann v. U.S., No. 14-01774, 2015 WL 6123981 (D. Or. Oct. 14, 2015) (Aiken, C. J.)
Re: Request for records concerning Tiller Trail Highway Project
Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment
- Procedural Requirements, Responding to FOIA Requests: The court "find[s] that the information sought by plaintiff in XML and/or XSR formats is not readily reproducible and would be burdensome for DOT to reproduce." The court relates that "[i]t is undisputed that DOT does not possess or maintain any XML or XSR files for the Tiller Trail Highway Project." Additionally, "contrary to plaintiff’s argument, compliance with his request would require DOT to create new records in XML or XSR formats." The court also notes that "DOT contends that converting the data to XML format would take from at least twenty-four to forty hours in order to ensure that the data was reformatted accurately." "Given the time, effort, and resources required to convert the data plaintiff seeks into several XML and/or XSR files, [the court] find[s] that XML and XSR files are not readily reproducible and that their creation would place an undue burden on DOT." However, the court does order that, "if it has not already done so, DOT shall provide the information by plaintiff requested in CVS format." The court explains that "DOT . . . represents that it could produce the information sought by plaintiff in a CVS file format, which is the format in which DOT provides final design surfaces to its contractors," and, "[a]ccording to DOT, the CSV file can be read, used, and manipulated by any person and allows others to segregate and/or parse the data for import into other applications."
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Procedural Requirements, Responding to FOIA Requests
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