Donald Williams v. Suffolk County District Attorney's Office (SPR 20201546)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records September 11, 2020 SPR20/1546 Claudia Buruca Records Access Officer Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office One Bulfinch Place Boston, MA 02114 Dear Ms. Buruca: I have received the petition of Mr. Donald Williams appealing the nonresponse of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on July 3, 2020, Mr. Williams requested “[a]ll files and/or records maintained by this addressed office and/or the equivalent agencies that are indexed, maintained under, mention, refer to, or otherwise contains the name or identifying information of [a certain individual].” Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Williams 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 Office had provided Mr. Williams with a response to his request, via mail, on September 9, 2020. Whereas the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Office’s lack of response to Mr. Williams’s request, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Williams may appeal the substantive nature of the Office’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Donald Williams 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