Springer v. U.S Attorney for the N.D. of Okla., No. 15-0142, 2015 WL 6627821 (N.D. Okla. Oct. 30, 2015) (Dowdell, J.)

Springer v. U.S Attorney for the N.D. of Okla., No. 15-0142, 2015 WL 6627821 (N.D. Okla. Oct. 30, 2015) (Dowdell, J.)

Re: Request for records concerning appointment of several third parties

Disposition: Granting defendant's motion for summary judgment

• Litigation Considerations, Adequacy of Search:  "Upon review of the declarations provided in support of Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and under the facts of this case, the Court finds that the searches described in the declarations were reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents."  The court finds that "[a]lthough Plaintiff claims that he did not receive all of the documents he asserts must exist, the question in a FOIA suit is not whether the Plaintiff received all the documents he wanted (or even all the documents that, in fact, exist), but whether the search was reasonably calculated to uncover all relevant documents."
   
• Exemptions:  The court finds that "[p]laintiff has failed to demonstrate that Defendants’ initial decision to withhold information by redacting some of the documents was an improper use of FOIA exemptions."