Cuba Redress of Injuries

Daniel Boguslaw filed this request with the Department Of Justice, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

EOUSA-2024-000892

EMRUFOIA010124
Submitted April 6, 2021
Status
Completed

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From: Daniel Boguslaw

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Cuba Redress of Injuries

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To Whom It May Concern:

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

The affidavits of injuries and written statements resulting in payments or denials of the five claims submitted under the 2005 Program for Claims against Cuba.

Reference of these claims can be found on the DOJ website:

"During the six-month filing period, the Commission received a total of five claims, and denied three of them because they failed to meet the criteria set out in the Secretary of State’s referral letter. The other two claims did meet those criteria, and after careful review the Commission issued Proposed Decisions certifying the two claims as valid in the total principal amounts of $51,128,926.95 and $16,000.00, respectively. Neither of the claimants objected to these Proposed Decisions, and they were accordingly entered as final. After the program’s end in August 2006, the Commission certified these two claims to the Secretary of State, for eventual use in negotiation of a lump-sum claims settlement agreement with the Cuban government. "

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,

Daniel Boguslaw

From: Department Of Justice, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

Subject: Boguslaw, Daniel (EMRUFOIA010124)

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Please see the attached response to your FOIA request. Please note, your request has been assigned tracking number EMRUFOIA010124.

From: Department Of Justice, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

Subject: EOUSA-2024-000892 Acknowledgment Standard - EOUSA-2024-000892

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Emailed Ack Letter

From: Department Of Justice, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

Subject: FCSC-FOIA-2024-25

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Dear Mr. Boguslaw:

This is in reply to your email dated January 2, 2024, requesting "the affidavits of injuries and written statements resulting in payments or denials of the five claims submitted under the 2005 Program for Claims against Cuba."

You may access the requested files via the following link https://jefs.box.com/s/w0g5a22qn7ri74v2n1yjq25vc8ccpbkn. Please be advised that we have considered the foreseeable harm standard when reviewing records and applying FOIA exemptions.
If you are not satisfied with Foreign Claims Settlement Commission's determination in response to this request, you may administratively appeal by writing to the Director, Office of Information Policy (OIP), United States Department of Justice, 441 G Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20530, or you may submit an appeal through OIP's FOIA STAR portal by creating an account following the instructions on OIP's website: https://www.justice.gov/oip/submit-and-track-request-or-appeal. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of my response to your request. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act Appeal."
Regards,

Jeremy R. LaFrancois
Chief Administrative Counsel
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
US Department of Justice
441 G Street, N.W., Room 6330
Washington, D.C. 20579

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