Maggie Mulvihill v. Suffolk County District Attorney's Office (SPR 20201588)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records September 16, 2020 SPR20/1588 Claudia Buruca Records Access Officer Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office One Bulfinch Place Boston, MA 02144 Dear Ms. Buruca: I have received the petition of Maggie Mulvihill appealing the response 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 16, 2020, Ms. Mulvihill requested the following, “… [a]ll records relating to referrals to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office from the Boston Police Department for criminal prosecution or potential criminal prosecution for BPD personnel … from Jan. 1, 2018 to present.” The Office responded on July 30, 2020. Unsatisfied with the response, Ms. Mulvihill appealed and SPR20/1588 was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff attorney of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Office responded to Ms. Mulvihill’s request with a further response sent on September 16, 2020. Whereas the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Office’s July 30th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Mulvihill may appeal the substantive nature of the Office’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Maggie Mulvihill 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