Skrzypek v. FBI, No. 13-8986, 2015 WL 4498576 (N.D. Ill. July 23, 2015) (Coleman, J.)

Skrzypek v. FBI, No. 13-8986, 2015 WL 4498576 (N.D. Ill. July 23, 2015) (Coleman, J.)

Re: Request for records signed by third party at plaintiff's home

Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment

• Litigation considerations, Adequacy of Search:  "This Court believes, and [plaintiff] presents no evidence to refute, that the search undertaken by the FBI was reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents."  The court finds that defendant "specifically describes the manner of search conducted including the indices and search terms used."  "Further, the FBI presents evidence that it conducted page by page hand searches of the files and sub-files it believed potentially responsive to [plaintiff's] request."  Additionally, "[w]hen [plaintiff] requested additional searches, the FBI searched the related file and sub-file."