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Opinion

Opinion By: Albert B. Chandler III,Attorney General;Amye L. Bensenhaver,Assistant Attorney General

Open Records Decision

This matter having been presented to the Attorney General in an open records appeal, and the Attorney General being sufficiently advised, we find that the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections complied with the requirements of the Open Records Act in the disposition of James Shively's June 13, 2003 request for records pertaining to an inmate identified by name, race, gender, date of birth, and social security number by processing Mr. Shively's request, postmarked June 16, 2003, in a timely fashion and mailing him the inmate's IMS history on June 19, 2003. 1 Having done so, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections mooted the records access issue. 40 KAR 1:030 Section 6; 03-ORD-087. Accordingly, we find no error in the Department's disposition of Mr. Shively's request.


A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882. Pursuant to KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General should be notified of any action in circuit court, but should not be named as a party in that action or in any subsequent proceeding.

James Shively # 163162Northpoint Training CenterP.O. Box 479, Dorm 3Burgin, KY 40310

Mike WickRecords DivisionLouisville-Metro Dept. of Corrections400 South 6th StreetLouisville, KY 40202

Irv MazeJefferson County Attorney600 West Jefferson StreetLouisville, KY 40202

Suzanne P. CorderyAssistant Jefferson County Attorney400 South Sixth StreetLouisville, KY 40202

Footnotes

Footnotes

1 These facts are confirmed in an affidavit prepared by Senior Corrections Technician Mike Wick and submitted to this office by the Department on July 1, 2003.

LLM Summary
The decision finds that the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections complied with the Open Records Act by processing and responding to James Shively's request for inmate records in a timely manner. The department's actions were found to be appropriate, and no error was identified in the handling of the request.
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Requested By:
James Shively
Agency:
Louisville Metro Department of Corrections
Type:
Open Records Decision
Lexis Citation:
2003 Ky. AG LEXIS 174
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