Jeremey M. Cohen v. Department of Agricultural Resources (SPR 20252652)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records September 17, 2025 SPR25/2652 Raquel Loayza Paralegal Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources 225 Turnpike Road, 3rd Floor Southborough, MA 01772 Dear Ms. Loayza: I have received the petition of Attorney Jeremy M. Cohen, of Boston Dog Lawyers, appealing the response of the Department of Agricultural Resources (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On April 15, 2025, Attorney Cohen requested “all records related to Fitchburg Friends of Felines and [an identified individual] including but not limited to all: [1] Licenses [2] License applications [3] Citations [4] Complaints [5] Warnings [6] Or other relevant records.” The Department responded on June 10, 2025 and June 18, 2025, but did not provide any responsive records. Unsatisfied with the Department’s responses, Attorney Cohen petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/2652, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department responded to Attorney Cohen’s request with an email response sent on September 9, 2025. The Department stated, “[p]lease see the attached regarding your public records request” and included a PDF attachment with the responsive records. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s June 10, 2025 and June 18, 2025 responses, I will now consider this appeal closed. Attorney Cohen may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s September 9th 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

Raquel Loayza SPR25/2652 Page 2 September 17, 2025 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Jeremy M. Cohen, Esq.