Joseph Catanese v. Massachusetts Department of State Police (SPR 20210556)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records March 12, 2021 SPR21/0556 Anthony Serra, Esq. Staff Legal Counsel Office of Chief Legal Counsel Massachusetts State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Attorney Serra: I have received the petition of Joseph Catanese appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts Department of State Police (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 3, 2020, Mr. Catanese requested “...any and all arrest or investigative reports including names of the troopers involved regarding a search conducted [at an identified address] on December 4, 2019.” Conclusion Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Department provided Mr. Catanese a response. In an email dated March 11, 2021, the Department states, “[p]lease be advised the Department responded to this request on February 11, 2020, however, upon review, it appears that response was sent to the wrong email address. I have attached a copy of that response here.” In light of the Department’s March 11th letter, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Catanese may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Joseph Catanese 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