David P. Russman, Esq. v. Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (SPR 20161159)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor of Records December 16, 2016 SPR16/1159 David P. Russman, Esq. McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP One International Place, 14th Floor Boston, MA 02110 Dear Attorney Russman: I have received your petition appealing the response of your public records request made by the Office of the Attorney General (AGO). The requirements for an appeal are as follows: Such appeal shall be in writing, and shall include a copy of the letter by which the request was made and a copy of the response from the records custodian. The supervisor shall accept an appeal only from a person who has made his or her request in writing. An oral request, while valid as a public records request pursuant to 950 CMR 32.05 (3), may not be the basis of an appeal under 950 CMR 32.08. Given that a copy of the response letter from the AGO was not included, we are unable to assist you in this appeal at this time. Please feel free to re-submit your appeal when you have retrieved copies of all the required documents. One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massa~husetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre• pre@sec.state.ma.us