AAG Hunt emails

Emma North-Best filed this request with the Department of Justice, Civil Division of the United States of America.
Tracking #

145-FOI-18128

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Completed

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From: Emma North-Best

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Each email TO or FROM Assistant Attorney General Joseph H. (Jody) Hunt, between January 1, 2019 and the present that contains either the word ANONYMOUS or the word HACHETTE, based on an electronic search of AAG Hunt's email account.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma Best

From: Department of Justice, Civil Division

Good afternoon Ms. Best,

The Civil Division received your below FOIA request for emails to or from AAG Hunt containing the word "ANONYMOUS" or " HACHETTE." In order to save both time and resources, we were reaching out to see if you would be interested in narrowing the scope of your request to the emails containing either of those words, which relate to or reference the book "A Warning" by Anonymous. This would assist in the search for responsive emails if you narrowed the scope to emails related to the book.

Please let me know if this is something you are amenable to.

Thank you,
Elizabeth

Elizabeth A. Sullivan
Senior FOIA Counsel
FOIA, Records, and E-Discovery Office
Civil Division
Department of Justice
1100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20530
t: (202) 353-8704

From: Emma North-Best

No thank you.

From: Department of Justice, Civil Division

Good morning Ms. Best,

I am nearing the completion of review of responsive documents for your FOIA request. I wanted to reach out to see if you would be willing to exclude certain types of documents to speed up the review process. Would you be willing to exclude public news articles and daily news listings (those sent from NY Times or news agencies based on subscription services), emails to employees asking them to complete surveys and that their input would remain "anonymous", bar membership emails to complete surveys and that input would remain "anonymous", public court filings, and emails from schools asking for anonymous donations?
Please let me know if you are willing to exclude such emails as it will significantly speed up the review process.

Thank you,
Elizabeth

From: Emma North-Best

Thank you for reaching out!

"Would you be willing to exclude public news articles and daily news listings (those sent from NY Times or news agencies based on subscription services), emails to employees asking them to complete surveys and that their input would remain "anonymous", bar membership emails to complete surveys and that input would remain "anonymous", public court filings, and emails from schools asking for anonymous donations?"

I'm absolutely willing to exclude all of the above.

Thank you so much!

From: Department of Justice, Civil Division

Thank you so much!
Best,
Elizabeth

From: Department of Justice, Civil Division

Good afternoon Ms. Best,

Please find attached the Civil Division's response to FOIA request 145-FOI-18128.

Thank you,
Elizabeth

Elizabeth A. Sullivan
Senior FOIA Counsel
FOIA, Privacy, and E-Discovery Office
Civil Division
Department of Justice
1100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20530
t: (202) 353-8704

From: Department of Justice, Civil Division

Dear Emma Best:
Attached is correspondence from the Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy, which is associated with the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
Please do not reply to this e-mail, as this account is not monitored.
Sincerely,
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Initial Request Staff
Office of Information Policy
U.S. Department of Justice
202-514-3642 (Main Line)
202-514-1009 (Fax)

From: Department of Justice, Civil Division

Attached

From: Department of Justice, Civil Division

EOUSA-2021-000089 has been processed with the following final disposition: Partial Grant/Partial Denial.
Given the nature of this request, some records are only being released to you as the requester. If you have an account in FOIAonline, you may access those records by [FOIAONLINE_HOME]. Otherwise, those responsive records will be sent via the method agreed upon with the FOIA processor.

From: Department of Justice, Civil Division

Dear Ms. Best:

Attached, please find the response to your FOIA request that was assigned tracking number OLC FY21-016.

Sincerely,
Melissa Golden, Esq.
Lead Paralegal and FOIA Specialist
Office of Legal Counsel
Department of Justice

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