The University of Washington et al v. Department of Defense et al

Filing 44

ORDER granting Plaintiffs' 37 Motion to Compel. Signed by Judge Marsha J. Pechman. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. C17-1854 MJP
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’
MOTION TO COMPEL

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v.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, et al.,
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Defendants.
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The above-entitled Court, having received and reviewed:
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1. Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel (Dkt. No. 37),
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2. Defendant SouthCom’s Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel (Dkt. No. 39),
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3. Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Motion to Compel (Dkt. No. 43),
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all attached declarations and exhibits, and relevant portions of the record, rules as follows:
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IT IS ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED and Defendant SouthCom is ordered to
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complete the following within 30 days of the date of this order:
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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL - 1

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Conduct a subsequent search of its electronic files using the following search terms and
produce documents responsive to Plaintiffs’ FOIA requests:

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o FOIA Request 185D: “Belloso”
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o FOIA Request 191D: “Molina” OR “Barrios” OR “Cabrera” OR “Melara” OR
“Portillo” OR “Grijalba” OR “Perez” OR “Salazar” OR “Rodriguez” OR
“Jimenez”

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o FOIA Request 198D: “Mozote”
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o FOIA Request 180D: “Sumpul” OR “Chalatenango”
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o FOIA Request 200D: “Garcia” AND “Minister”
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o FOIA Request 220D: “Morazan”
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o FOIA Request 218D: “Monterrosa”
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o FOIA Request 171D: “Atlacatl”
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Contact former SouthCom employees familiar with the responsive documents in order to
ascertain the physical location of the records;

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Following SouthCom’s interviews of former employees, produce a proposed search of all
physical documents that may contain responsive records for Plaintiffs’ review and the
Court’s approval;

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Provide a list of all Inactive Storage Facilities to which SouthCom has retired documents
created between the years 1980-82;

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Produce copies of all SF-115s and SF-135s detailing the retirement of any documents
from 1980-82, as well as all SF-115s and SF-135s for the two boxes of documents it
previously recalled from an ISF;

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Immediately recall all documents that may be responsive to Plaintiffs’ FOIA requests
from all ISFs. Once SouthCom is in receipt of these records, SouthCom shall have 14
days to conduct a manual review of these documents and produce all responsive records.

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The clerk is ordered to provide copies of this order to all counsel.
Dated June 7, 2019.

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Marsha J. Pechman
United States Senior District Judge
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL - 2