Lauren Kirchner v. Office of the District Attorney - Plymouth District (SPR 20171075)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records August 11,2017 SPRl7/1075 Lauren Kirchner ProPublica 155 Avenue of the Americas, 13 thF loor New York, NY 1001 3 Dear Ms. Kirchner: This Office has received your email appealing the response of the Office of the District Attorney - Plymouth District (DAO) to a request for public records. G. L c. 66, 5 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on April 20,2017, Ms. Kirchner requested "[tlhe number of cases referred to the DAO by the Insurance Fraud Bureau each year, for the most recent five years you have available." Ms. Kirchner also requested "[flor each case, the defendant's name and address and case number." After reviewing this information I find that I am unable to accept your appeal. The Public Records Access Regulations, which govern the procedural aspects of all appeals, require that an appeal to this Office be filed within ninety days of the date of the request letter, or within ninety days of the date of a written response from the record custodian. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08 (l)(d); 950 C.M.R. 32.08 (l)(e). The attachments and dates you provided with your appeal have exceeded the ninety day limit. You may make a new request to the DAO for the same information. The DAO has ten business days in which to respond to your new request. G. L. c. 66, 5 10(b). If the DAO denies your request or fails to respond within ten business days, you may appeal to this Office within the statutory time frame. At that time this Office will review the matter. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Gail McKenna, Esq. One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 (61 7) 727-2832. Fax: (61 7) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre pre@sec.state.ma.us