Patrick D. McPhee v. Attorney General's Office (SPR 20222890)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records January 3, 2023 SPR22/2890 Lorraine A.G. Tarrow, Esq. Records Access Officer Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Dear Attorney Tarrow: I have received the petition of Patrick D. McPhee appealing the response of the Office of the Attorney General (AGO) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § l0A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On November 30, 2022, Mr. McPhee requested, “[a]ny/all information, the Attorney General ADA department, Attorney General Civil Rights and all these department employees, including but not limited to supervisory, directors and Attorneys has from January 1, 2022.” On December 2, 2022, Mr. McPhee modified the request to include all information the AGO has between AGO employees or other departments or state agencies pertaining to Patrick McPhee. The AGO responded on December 1, 2022. Unsatisfied with the AGO’s response, Mr. McPhee petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/2890 was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the AGO provided a further response on December 22, 2022. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the AGO’s December 1st response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. McPhee has appealed the AGO December 22nd response which has been opened as SPR23/0001. Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Patrick D. McPhee 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