U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Legal Counsel
Washington, D.C. 20530
August 2, 2018
Stephen Bates
stephen@stephenbates.org
Re:

FOIA Tracking No. FYlS-153

Dear Mr. Bates:
This letter responds to your June 22, 2018 Freedom oflnformation Act ("FOIA") request
to the Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC"), seeking a "Memorandum from Robert G. Dixon Jr.,
assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, titled Presidential Amenability to Judicial
Subpoenas, June 25, 1973." Your request was received on June 25, 2018, and pursuant to 28
C.F.R. § l 6.5(b ), it was processed in the "complex" track.
We have located the memorandum you requested. The document is enclosed.
For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories oflawenforcement
and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S.C. § 552(c). This
response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a
standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication
that excluded records do, or do not, exist.
For any further assistance and to discuss any aspect of your request, you may contact
Melissa Golden, OLC's FOIA Public Liaison, at usdoj-officeoflegalcounsel@usdoj.gov, (202)
514-2053, or at Office of Legal Counsel, United States Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W., Room 5511, Washington, DC 20530.
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 202-7415770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; dr facsimile at 202-741-5769.
You have the right to an administrative appeal. You may administratively appeal by
writing to the Director, Office oflnformation Policy ("OIP"), United States Department of
. Justice, Suite 11050, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530-0001, or you may
submit an appeal through OIP's FOIAonline portal by creating an account on the following web
site: https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home. 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."

Paul P. Colborn
Special Counsel
Enclosure

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