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Matthew A. Viana v. Fall River, City of - Office of the City Clerk (SPR 20182016)

Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Public records appeal decision · Filed 12-11-2018

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SPR 20182016 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Matthew A. Viana concerning records held by Fall River, City of - Office of the City Clerk, opened 12-11-2018. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Public records appeal decision.

Case Details

Case Number
20182016
Case Type
Appeal
Case Subtype
Initial
Status
Closed
Requester
Matthew A. Viana
Custodian
Fall River, City of - Office of the City Clerk
Date Opened
12-11-2018
Date Closed
12-26-2018
Date Request Submitted
11-21-2018
Petitions Regarding Fees
No
Went to Court
No

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords December 26, 2018 SPRlS/2016 Alison M. Bouchard Office of the City Clerk One Government Center Fall River, MA 02722 Dear Alison Bouchard: I have received the petition of Attorney Matthew A. Viana appealing the nomesponse of the City of Fall River (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on November 21, 2018, Attorney Viana requested various records concerning an investigation of a building permit denial. It should be noted that this request was the subject of a petition submitted by the City. See SPRl 8/2001 Determination of the Supervisor of Records (December 14, 2018) As of the date of this letter, it is my understanding that the City has not provided Attorney Viana a response to his request for records. Order Accordingly, the City is hereby ordered to provide Attorney Viana with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations without delay. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Matthew A. Viana, 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