Payne v. VA, No. 18-11139, 2018 WL 5388281 (11th Cir. Oct. 29, 2018) (per curiam)

Payne v. VA, No. 18-11139, 2018 WL 5388281 (11th Cir. Oct. 29, 2018) (per curiam)

Re:  Request for records concerning declarations from EEOC proceedings involving requester

Disposition:  Affirming district court's grant of government's motion for summary judgment

• Litigation Considerations, Mootness and Other Grounds for Dismissal:  The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit holds that "[t]he district court properly granted summary judgment to the VA on the FOIA . . . claims."  "A suit seeking the production of records under FOIA . . .becomes moot once the plaintiff receives all requested records."  "The VA submitted evidence that it conducted an adequate search and produced all records responsive to [the requester's] requests."  "[The requester] did not file a response to the summary-judgment motion, nor did he rebut the VA's evidence in a motion he filed seeking miscellaneous relief."  "There was thus no dispute that the VA produced everything it had."