Request By:
IN RE: Robert Sanders/Jefferson Circuit Court
Opinion
Opinion By: Chris Gorman, Attorney General; Amye B. Majors, Assistant Attorney General
OPEN RECORDS DECISION
This matter comes to the Attorney General on appeal from the actions of the Jefferson Circuit Court relative to Mr. Robert Sanders' request to inspect the records pertaining to Indictment No. 82-CR-124. Mr. Sanders, an inmate at Kentucky State Reformatory, indicates that on April 8, 1993, he submitted an open records request to the Jefferson Circuit Court. He received a response from the Clerk on April 16, 1993. The Clerk advised him that his affidavit of indigence did not entitle him to free copies.
The single issue presented in this appeal is whether the Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk's response violated the Open Records Act. In OAG 91-193, we addressed a similar issue. There we concluded that a court record requested by an inmate was not subject to the Open Records Act under the rule announced in Ex parte Farley, Ky., 570 S.W.2d 617 (1978). We believe that that Opinion, a copy of which is attached, is dispositive of the present appeal.
Mr. Sanders may challenge this decision by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882.