Andrew Quemere v. Middlesex County District Attorney's Office (SPR 20202088)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records November 5, 2020 SPR20/2088 Kim Gouveia Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office 15 Commonwealth Avenue Woburn, MA 01801 Dear Ms. Gouveia: I have received the petition of Andrew Quemere appealing the nonresponse of the Middlesex 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 September 21, 2020, Mr. Quemere requested the following records in electronic format within the possession of the Office: • All lists, logs or data sets about misconduct by prosecutors and/or complaints against prosecutors; • All regular (e.g., quarterly, annual, etc.) audits/reviews of misconduct by prosecutors and/or complaints against prosecutors. (I am referring to audits/reviews of an entire department/division of the entire office, not reports about individual employees). Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Quemere petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR20/2088, was opened as a result. Despite being notified of the opening of this appeal by a staff member of the Public Records Division, the Office has yet to provide a response with respect to Mr. Quemere’s September 21, 2020 request. Accordingly, the Office is ordered to provide Mr. Quemere with said response within ten (10) business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Quemere may appeal the substantive nature of the Office’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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

Ms. Kim Gouveia SPR20/2088 Page 2 November 5, 2020 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Andrew Quemere