Alliance to End Repression v. City of Chicago, 1989 WL 92030 (N.D.Ill., 1989)

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

ALLIANCE TO END REPRESSION, et al., Plaintiffs,

Chicago Cispes, et al., Petitioners,

v.

CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants,

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Respondent.

Nos. 74 C 3268, 75 C 3295.

Aug. 8, 1989.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANN C. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

*1 The court adopts Magistrate Lefkow's order of June 28, 1989. In its objections, the FBI attempts to create a distinction between "the manner in which an investigation is conducted" and "the manner in which records generated by an investigation are maintained." FBI's July 10 Brief, p. 3. The distinction is chimerical. Both aspects of an investigation are subsumed under ¶ 3.4(c) of the FBI's 1981 agreement to "conduct investigations in a manner reasonably designed to minimize unnecessary collection and recording of information...." CISPES' petition asks for information well within ¶ 3.4(c), and the FBI must comply with Magistrate Lefkow's order to supply it.

The FBI must also comply with Magistrate Lefkow's order with regard to file numbers, including those outside of Chicago. An investigation of a person or group named in the Chicago CISPES file is "reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence." Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(1).

The court adopts Magistrate Lefkow's June 28 order in its entirety. The front of that order reads: "Petitioners' motion to compel production of information deleted on grounds of alleged irrelevancy is granted."

N.D.Ill.,1989.