How to get away with Murder
| Tracking # |
EOUSA-2022-000601 A-2023-01951 A-2023-01413 EOUSA-2022-000601 A-2022-00416 |
| Submitted | Feb. 11, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: William Fernandes
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
EFOIA Request
For the offices of former United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and first assistant United States Attorney and then acting USAO William Weinreb , I am seeking copies of both calendars and phone records for the attorneys as cited for the duration of 2015 to December 21, 2017.
For both offices I was also seeking any records of correspondence with former Secretary of State John Kerry, or former President Barack Obama.
Please produce the records in original unredacted fashion.
As a guideline please refer to the attached recent DOJ production of a similar official:
Fee waiver requested:
Requester is an Activist and participates in the active dissemination of information pertaining to the operations of government.
Vaughn Index Requested for any items subject to exemptions.
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,
William Fernandes
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 11, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: William Fernandes
I was following up on this request sent to your offices on 02/12/2021. No response from EOUSAO as of 5/11/2021.
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
EFOIA Request
For the offices of former United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and first assistant United States Attorney and then acting USAO William Weinreb , I am seeking copies of both calendars and phone records for the attorneys as cited for the duration of 2015 to December 21, 2017.
For both offices I was also seeking any records of correspondence with former Secretary of State John Kerry, or former President Barack Obama.
Please produce the records in original unredacted fashion.
As a guideline please refer to the attached recent DOJ production of a similar official:
Fee waiver requested:
Requester is an Activist and participates in the active dissemination of information pertaining to the operations of government.
Vaughn Index Requested for any items subject to exemptions.
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,
William Fernandes
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 11, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: William Fernandes
Ground for Appeal:
5 USC 552, 552a
Agency failed to acknowledge request.
Agency refuses to respond to follow-up messages.
Original Request As Shown:
From: William Fernandes
02/12/2021
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: How to get away with Murder
Mail
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
EFOIA Request
For the offices of former United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and first assistant United States Attorney and then acting USAO William Weinreb , I am seeking copies of both calendars and phone records for the attorneys as cited for the duration of 2015 to December 21, 2017.
For both offices I was also seeking any records of correspondence with former Secretary of State John Kerry, or former President Barack Obama.
Please produce the records in original unredacted fashion.
As a guideline please refer to the attached recent DOJ production of a similar official:
Fee waiver requested:
Requester is an Activist and participates in the active dissemination of information pertaining to the operations of government.
Vaughn Index Requested for any items subject to exemptions.
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,
William Fernandes
From: William Fernandes
Agency failed to acknowledge request.
Agency refuses to respond to follow-up messages.
Original Request As Shown:
From: William Fernandes
02/12/2021
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: How to get away with Murder
Mail
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
EFOIA Request
For the offices of former United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and first assistant United States Attorney and then acting USAO William Weinreb , I am seeking copies of both calendars and phone records for the attorneys as cited for the duration of 2015 to December 21, 2017.
For both offices I was also seeking any records of correspondence with former Secretary of State John Kerry, or former President Barack Obama.
Please produce the records in original unredacted fashion.
As a guideline please refer to the attached recent DOJ production of a similar official:
Fee waiver requested:
Requester is an Activist and participates in the active dissemination of information pertaining to the operations of government.
Vaughn Index Requested for any items subject to exemptions.
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,
William Fernandes
From: William Fernandes
Agency EOUSA
Ground for Appeal:
5 USC 552, 552a
Agency failed to acknowledge request.
Agency refuses to respond to follow-up messages.
Original Request As Shown:
From: William Fernandes
02/12/2021
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: How to get away with Murder
Mail
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
EFOIA Request
For the offices of former United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and first assistant United States Attorney and then acting USAO William Weinreb , I am seeking copies of both calendars and phone records for the attorneys as cited for the duration of 2015 to December 21, 2017.
For both offices I was also seeking any records of correspondence with former Secretary of State John Kerry, or former President Barack Obama.
Please produce the records in original unredacted fashion.
As a guideline please refer to the attached recent DOJ production of a similar official:
Fee waiver requested:
Requester is an Activist and participates in the active dissemination of information pertaining to the operations of government.
Vaughn Index Requested for any items subject to exemptions.
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,
William Fernandes
From: William Fernandes
MRU FOIA Service Requested
Agency: USAEO
Original Request:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
EFOIA Request
For the offices of former United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and first assistant United States Attorney and then acting USAO William Weinreb , I am seeking copies of both calendars and phone records for the attorneys as cited for the duration of 2015 to December 21, 2017.
For both offices I was also seeking any records of correspondence with former Secretary of State John Kerry, or former President Barack Obama.
Please produce the records in original unredacted fashion.
As a guideline please refer to the attached recent DOJ production of a similar official:
Fee waiver requested:
Requester is an Activist and participates in the active dissemination of information pertaining to the operations of government.
Vaughn Index Requested for any items subject to exemptions.
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,
William Fernandes
This request was submitted on Feb 21, 2021 via Muckrock.com and has received no response from the entity.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Please see the attached response to your FOIA request. Please note, your request has been assigned tracking number EMRUFOIA112821.
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From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
The Office of Information Policy has received your FOIA Appeal. Please see the attached acknowledgment letter.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Dear William Fernandes <requests@muckrock.com>,
Your password has been updated per your request. You can change your password in the future from your
profile page.
If you believe you received this email in error or need additional assistance, please contact the FOIAonline Help Desk. (mailto:foia.help@epa.gov)
Thank you!
FOIAonline Team (mailto:foia.help@epa.gov)
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Dear William Fernandes <requests@muckrock.com>,
Your password has been updated per your request. You can change your password in the future from your
profile page.
If you believe you received this email in error or need additional assistance, please contact the FOIAonline Help Desk. (mailto:foia.help@epa.gov)
Thank you!
FOIAonline Team (mailto:foia.help@epa.gov)
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
The Office of Information Policy has made its final determination on your FOIA Appeal Number A-2022-00416 . A copy of this determination is enclosed for your review, along with any enclosures, if applicable. Thank you.
From: William Fernandes
Can you provide a status on this request.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 12, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #A-2022-00416.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Good morning,
The records have been received and are in the queue for processing. It should be completed within the next 60 days. Thank you.
EOUSA FOIA
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From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Your FOIAonline user account for requests@muckrock.com will be deactivated in 5 days due to inactivity.
From: William Fernandes
Following up on request OIP #A-2022-00416
USAO MRU Number: EMRUFOIA112821
Subject: 'For the offices of former United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and first assistant United States Attorney and then acting USAO William Weinreb , I am seeking copies of both calendars and phone records for the attorneys as cited for the duration of 2015 to December 21, 2017.'
Last status was last summer and you said 60 days for production. 07/29/2022
Thanks
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Please see the attached final action letter for request EOUSA-2022-000601. Thank you.
EOUSA FOIA
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From: William Fernandes
Can you update the address for Muckrock?
New correct address. Address had been changed more than 1 year.
MuckRock
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
From: William Fernandes
This a EOUSA FOIA Corruption in my opinion.
I have to point out that former USAO Rachel Rollins' administration was the only office in the past 5 years that could move the FOIA out of Boston. And they sure did, little did they now it was going to be thrown in the trash.
The agency claims they mailed a letter to a wrong address 3 months ago...to in my opinion to sand bag the appeals process. This was sent as an EFOIA request. We are seeing trends in relation to 'the dog ate the response letter' and some FOIA offices trying to play 'hoarders'.
I feel this Justice Department is getting highly politicized and overlooking internal corruption. I'm interested to see who receives the nomination in the next election.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
The Office of Information Policy has received your FOIA Appeal. Please see the attached acknowledgment letter.
From: William Fernandes
Thanks for the appeal acknowledgement. This FOIA has been noticed to the Judiciary_Whistleblower@mail.house.gov.
Too many 18 usc 1001 issues in EOUSA
Reference Appeal : EOUSA-2022-000601
/s/
William Fernandes
From: William Fernandes
Please see attached it appears the EOUSA was trying to destroy or obstruct the USAO calendars.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
The Office of Information Policy has made its final determination on your FOIA Appeal Number A-2023-01413 . A copy of this determination is enclosed for your review, along with any enclosures, if applicable. Thank you.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
The Office of Information Policy has received your FOIA Appeal. Please see the attached acknowledgment letter.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Please do not reply to this e-mail, as this account is not monitored. Thank you.
From: William Fernandes
This attorney was admitted to the bar rather recently for my tastes and fails to take a sense of 'pride' in signing correspondence with her full legal name. Obstruction of OPR.
I felt she failed to recluse herself ethically when she has made errors in the past which have escalated to the privacy offices for failures to proper administer 5 USC 552.
My opinion, public facts.
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Dear Requester,
It has come to our attention that an administrative error occurred in the transmittal of the final response to your request, and the mailed delivery was returned to this Office. Therefore, we are attaching the final response to this email. Should you wish to administratively appeal, please provide this email along with the final response letter. The date of this email will constitute the final response date for purposes of appeal and will be considered timely if submitted within 90 days.
If you are not satisfied with EOUSA’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 (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,
Executive Office for US Attorneys
FOIA/PA Staff
From: Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys
The Office of Information Policy has made its final determination on your FOIA Appeal Number A-2023-01951 . A copy of this determination is enclosed for your review, along with any enclosures, if applicable. Thank you.
