Steve Brown v. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (SPR 20191518)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords August 13, 2019 SPR19/1518 Arielle Mullaney, Esq. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security 1 Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 Dear Attorney Mullaney, I have received the petition of Steve Brown appealing the nonresponse of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lO(A); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Brown requested a copy of "records for the time period January 1, 2018 to present any draft recommendations prepared by EOPSS regarding civil cannabis citations" as well as "any emails or text messages to or from EOPSS staff regarding civil cannabis citations." Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that EOPSS provided Mr. Brown with all available records responsive to his request on August 12, 2019. In light ofEOPSS's responses, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Brown may appeal the substantive nature ofEOPSS's response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Sincerely, ~~ Supervisor of Records' cc: Steve Brown 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