Taylor, Jonathan v. Office of the District Attorney - Plymouth District (SPR 20150041)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords March 31, 2015 SPRlS/041 Ms. Audrey Anderson, Esq. Plymouth County District Attorney's Office 32 Belmont Street P.O. Box 1665 Brockton, MA 02303 Dear Attorney Anderson: I have received the petition of Jonathan Taylor appealing the nomesponse of the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office (Office) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lO(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Taylor requested records regarding himself. Having received no response, Mr. Taylor petitioned this office. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten (1 0) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(b); 950 C.M.R. 32.05. The response may be an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. The Office is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, you indicated that you intend to respond. Accordingly, the Office is hereby ordered to respond to Mr. Taylor's request within ten (10) days. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Office's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Taylor may appeal the substantive nature of the Office's response within ninety (90) dWs. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). r~tu~~o V /i ' , / j; aw . Williams Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Jonathan Taylor One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832. Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre