Reclaim the Records v. U.S Dep’t of State (S.D.N.Y.) -- finding that the State Department performed adequate search for pre-existing index or list of birth and death records for residents of the Panama Canal Zone between 1904 and 1979, and that the agency’s computer system was unable to generate the requested records; further finding that fulfilling plaintiff’s request would involve creating new records via extraordinary manual measures, which the agency was not required to do.

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