U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Central Office 320 First St., NW Washington, DC 20534 December 16, 2019 Danielle Ivory The New York Times 620 Eighth Avenuse New York, NY 10018 Dear Ms. Ivory: The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) received your Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) request in which you request expedited processing of your request. Your request has been assigned a number and forwarded to the processing office noted below. Please make a note of the request number and processing office as you will need to include it in any correspondence or inquiry regarding your request. A copy of the first page of your request is attached to help you more easily keep track of your request. FOINPA Request Number: 2020-01336 Processing Office: CO The Department of Justice requires all requests for records be processed on a first-in, first-out basis. The four exceptions to this requirement are: Circumstances in which the lack of expedited processing could reasonably be expected to pose an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual; (ii) An urgency to inform the public about an actual or alleged Federal Government activity, if made by a person who is primarily engaged in disseminating information; (iii) The loss of substantial due process rights; or (iv) A matter of widespread and exceptional media interest in which there exist possible questions about the government's integrity that affect public confidence." 28 C.F.R. § 16.5(e). The Federal Bureau of Prisons makes the determination regarding the first three exceptions, and the Department of Justice's Director of Public Affairs makes the determination when the fourth category is relied upon as the basis for requesting expedited treatment. You requested expedited processing because there is an extreme public interest in records concerning the prison stay and death of Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sexually abusing scores of women and