Stephen Power v. Division of Insurance (SPR 20171192)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records August 31, 2017 SPR17/1192 Cara Toomey, Esq. Counsel to the Commissioner Massachusetts Division of Insurance 1000 Washington Street Boston, MA 02118 Dear Attorney Toomey: I have received the petition of Stephen Power appealing the nomesponse of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (Division) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Power requested a copy of "[t]he cases .decided in the Consumer Services Unitofthe Division oflnsurance" by a specifically identified individual in 2015. Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Power petitioned this office and this appeal was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Division responded to Mr. Power's request with a response sent via email on August 17 , 201 7. Whereas this appeal was opened as a result of Mr. Power not receiving a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Power may appeal the substantive nature of the Division's response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, ~~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Stephen Power One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre• pre@sec.state.ma.us