FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

January 15, 2002 A.D.

Disclosure Officer

Office of the Attorney General

U.S. Department of Justice

501 “I” Street

Sacramento 95814-2322

CALIFORNIA, USA

Subject: Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) Request

Dear Disclosure Officer:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I request that a certified copy of the following document be provided to Me, without delay:

1. commission signed by the President of the United States of America and countersigned by the Attorney General, appointing the Hon. Dale A. Drozd to the office of federal magistrate judge, as required by 5 U.S.C. sections 2104 and 2902. (Mr. Drozd currently claims to have been duly commissioned to preside on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, at Sacramento, California.)

I request a waiver of all fees for this request.

Disclosure of the requested information to Me is in the public interest, because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations and activities of the federal government, and is not primarily in My commercial interest.

See also 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(B).

If you are not the correct person to whom this FOIA request should be directed, please forward it without delay to the correct person(s).

Thank you for your consideration of this FOIA request.

Sincerely yours,

/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell

Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.

Private Attorney General and Plaintiff,

Mitchell v. AOL Time Warner, Inc. et al.

DCUS Sacramento #CIV. S-01-1480 WBS DAD PS

U.S. Mail care of:

Forwarding Agent

350 – 30^th Street, Suite 444

Oakland 94609-3426

CALIFORNIA, USA

All Rights Reserved without Prejudice

courtesy copy: Hon. Dale A. Drozd, USDC, Sacramento