Caswell, Darren v. Office of the District Attorney - Plymouth District (SPR 20150529)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords July 30, 2015 SPRlS/529 Ms. Gail M. McKenna, Esq. Plymouth County District Attorney's Office 32 Belmont Street Brockton, MA 02301 Dear Attorney McKenna: I have received the petition of Darren Caswell appealing the nonresponse of the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office (Office) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Caswell requested records pertaining to him. Having received no response, Mr. Caswell 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, § 1 O(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, this office was notified that a response was provided, dated July 28, 2015. 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. Caswell may appeal the substantive nature of the 0 1ce's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). wn . Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Darren Caswell OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre