Peter C. Contos v. Office of the District Attorney - Middlesex District (SPR 20171780)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords January 9, 2017 SPR17/1780 Peter C. Cantos Dear Peter Cantos: This office has received your email appealing the nonresponse of the Office of the District Attorney- Middlesex District (DAO) to your request for records. Specifically, you requested a copy of your case file. 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 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, § lO(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: Timothy Ferriter, Esq. 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