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Burka is not an individual connected to Epstein, but rather a citation to a 1996 federal court case (*Burka v. Dept. of Health & Human Svcs.*, 87 F.3d 508) that established precedent for requesting electronic records under FOIA.
The name appears exclusively in boilerplate FOIA request language submitted by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Department of Justice. The identical phrasing across all four documents—'requesting that the Records be provided to me on computer files in the same format as they are currently maintained at the agency, pursuant to Burka v. Dept. of Health & Human Svcs.'—indicates this is standard legal citation language, not a reference to a person. All mentions are in formal legal requests for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's incarceration and death.
Key Highlights
- •All four mentions are identical legal citations in FOIA requests from the Reporters Committee
- •The Burka case established precedent for obtaining government records in electronic format
- •This entity was misclassified as a PERSON by the named entity recognition system—it's a legal case reference
- •No actual individual named Burka appears to have any connection to the Epstein case
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rther requesting that the Records be provided to me on computer files in the same format as they are currently maintained at the agency, pursuant to Burka v. Dept. of Health & Human Svcs., 87 F.3d 508 (D.C. Cir. 1996). As you know, providing documents electronically is cheaper than mailing hard copies
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rther requesting that the Records be provided to me on computer files in the same format as they are currently maintained at the agency, pursuant to Burka v. Dept. of Health & Human Svcs., 87 F.3d 508 (D.C. Cir. 1996). As you know, providing documents electronically is cheaper than mailing hard copies
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rther requesting that the Records be provided to me on computer files in the same format as they are currently maintained at the agency, pursuant to Burka v. Dept. of Health & Human Svcs., 87 F.3d 508 (D.C. Cir. 1996). As you know, providing documents electronically is cheaper than mailing hard copies
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ther requesting that the Records be provided to me on computer files in the same format as they are currently maintained at the agency. pursuant to Burka v. Dept. of Health & Human Svcs., 87 F.3d 508 (D.C. Cir. 1996). As you know, providing documents electronically is cheaper than mailing hard copies
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Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
4 docs4 co-mentions
D.C. Cir.
Organization4 docs4 co-mentions
U.S. Dep't of Justice
Organization4 docs4 co-mentions
Reporters Comm.
Organization4 docs4 co-mentions
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Organization4 docs4 co-mentions
Health & Human Svcs.
Organization4 docs4 co-mentions
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Danielle Ivory
Person4 docs4 co-mentions
DI
Danielle Danielle Ivory
Person3 docs3 co-mentions
The United States District Court of the District of Columbia
Organization3 docs3 co-mentions
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Danielle
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U.S. Attorney's Office
Organization2 docs2 co-mentions
Special Housing Unit
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Records
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FEE WAIVER
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The New York Times
OrganizationAmerican daily newspaper (founded 1851)
2 docs2 co-mentions