Dane R. Voris v. Stoneham, Town of -- (SPR 20251696)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records June 30, 2025 SPR25/1696 Maria Sagarino Records Access Officer Town of Stoneham 35 Central Street Stoneham, MA 02180 Dear Ms. Sagarino: I have received the petition of Attorney Dane R. Voris, of Cooley LLP, appealing the response of the Town of Stoneham (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On March 4, 2025, S. Blake Davis, of Alston & Bird, requested the following records: 1. All documents and other records relating to Town of Stoneham’s approval to bring claims against OptumRx, Inc.; Optum, Inc.; OptumInsight, Inc.; OptumInsight Life Sciences, Inc.; OptumRx Discount Card Services, LLC; Optum Perks, LLC; OptumHealth Care Solutions, LLC; OptumHealth Holdings, LLC; Optum Health Networks, Inc.; UnitedHealth Group Incorporated; Express Scripts, Inc.; Express Scripts Administrators, LLC; Medco Health Solutions, Inc.; ESI Mail Order Processing, Inc.; ESI Mail Pharmacy Service, Inc.; Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc.; Evernorth Health, Inc.; or Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Services, Inc. in the national opioid litigation, In re Nat’l Prescription Opiate Litig., 1:17-md-2804 (N.D. Ohio) and its member cases (the “Opioid Litigation”). 2. All documents and other records relating to Town of Stoneham’s approval to file any complaint in the Opioid Litigation. 3. All documents and other records relating to Town of Stoneham’s approval to amend or supplement its complaint in the Opioid Litigation. 4. All engagement agreements, engagement letters, memoranda of understanding, memoranda of agreement, letters of intent, contracts, or other agreements (including any amendments, restatements, or modifications to such agreements) that Town of Stoneham entered into with any law firms, attorneys, or other professionals (including, but not limited to . . .) to prosecute or assist with the prosecution of the Opioid Litigation or claims against any party or 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

Maria Sagarino SPR25/1696 Page 2 June 30, 2025 entity. 5. All documents authorizing any individual to act outside of a public hearing to authorize, approve, or consent to Town of Stoneham’s filing or amending any lawsuit and all documents identifying any individuals with that authority. The Town responded on March 18, 2025. Unsatisfied with the Town’s response, Attorney Voris petitioned this office, and this appeal, SPR25/1696, was opened as a result. Subsequent to the opening of this appeal, in an email to this office and the Town on June 26, 2025, Attorney Voris states that “we are no longer pursuing this public records appeal relating to Stoneham (1696).” In light of Attorney Voris’s June 26th email, I will now consider this appeal closed. Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Dane R. Voris, Esq. Robert W. Galvin, Esq.