Uniform Docketing System Manual

Dear Matthew Hoppock: This response acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) dated 11/12/2020 and received 11/12/2020.  Your request has been assigned control number 2021-04672. The FOIA requires an agency to respond within 20 working days after receipt of the request, and EOIR endeavors to meet this standard.  The FOIA permits a ten-day extension of this time period, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B), based on unusual circumstances.  Your request involves “unusual circumstances,” and EOIR is extending the time period to respond by an additional 10 working days because your request requires the collection of records from field offices, or involves a search, collection, and review of voluminous records, or requires consultation with another agency or two or more agency components. EOIR FOIA requests are placed in one of three tracks. Track one is for those requests that seek and receive expedited processing pursuant to subsection (a)(6)(E) of the FOIA. Track two is for simple requests that do not involve voluminous records or lengthy consultations with other entities.  Track three is for complex requests that involve voluminous records and for which lengthy or numerous consultations are required, or those requests that may involve sensitive records.  Your request has been placed in track three for complex requests. If you have filed an application for a fee waiver, EOIR will address your request in a separate letter. Additionally, if you have requested expedited processing, EOIR will contact you in a separate letter. If you have any questions regarding unusual circumstances, you may contact the EOIR FOIA Service Center or FOIA Public Liaison at (703) 605-1297 to discuss reformulation or an alternative time frame to process your request, or for any further assistance regarding any aspect of your request. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer.  The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll free at (877) 684-6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769. Sincerely, FOIA Intake

Dear Mr. Hoppock:

This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request tothe Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) dated 11/12/2020 in whichyou EOIR's UDSM. The records you seek are publicly-available and located at
https://intranet.eoir.usdoj.gov/sites/eoir/OCIJ/BooksManuals/Uniform%20Docketing%20System%20Manual%20(Revised%20June%202020).pdf . Youare granted full access to the records. (https://intranet.eoir.usdoj.gov/sites/eoir/OCIJ/BooksManuals/Uniform%20Docketing%20System%20Manual%20(Revised%20June%202020).pdf)

For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of lawenforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA.See 5 U.S.C. § 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV 2010). This response is limited tothose records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is astandard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not betaken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. Seehttp://www.justice.gov/oip/foiapost/2012foiapost9.html.

You may contact the FOIA Officer who processed your request or the EOIR FOIAPublic Liaison at (703) 605-1297 for any further assistance and to discuss anyaspect of your request. Additionally, you may contact the Office of GovernmentInformation Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administrationto inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contactinformation for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services,National Archives and Records Administration, Room 2510, 8601 Adelphi Road,College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202)741-5770; toll free at (877) 684-6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769.

If you are not satisfied with the Executive Office for Immigration Review’sdetermination in response to this request, you may administratively appeal bywriting to the Director, Office of Information Policy (OIP), United StatesDepartment of Justice, 441 G Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20530, oryou may submit an appeal through OIP’s FOIA STAR portal by creating an accountfollowing the instructions on OIP’s websitehttps://www.justice.gov/oip/submit-and-track-request-or-appeal.Your appeal mustbe postmarked or electronically transmitted within 90 days of the date of myresponse to your request. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letterand the envelope should be clearly marked “Freedom of Information ActAppeal.”

Sincerely,

Shelley M. O’Hara
Attorney Advisor (FOIA)

Mr. Hoppock:

Thank you for bringing that to my attention and I apologize for the confusion. The 2020 UDSM can be accessed at https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/1157516/download.

Sincerely,

Shelley M. O’Hara
Attorney Advisor (FOIA)
(703) 605-0275

Mr. Hoppock:

Thank you for bringing that to my attention. We are looking into it and will get back to you shortly.

Sincerely,

Shelley M. O’Hara
Attorney Advisor (FOIA)
(703) 605-0275

Mr. Hoppock:

I am writing to let you know the agency is preparing to post the UDSM 2020 version on-line. I will let you know once it is posted. Thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,

Shelley M. O’Hara
Attorney Advisor (FOIA)
(703) 605-0275

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