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Michigan Mental Patient Properly Denied Documents Under FOIA for Failure to Establish Indigence

Loaded on June 15, 2008

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Costs, Disclosure of Records. Location: Michigan.

Roger Kearney, III, a Michigan state mental patient, sought copies of his treatment records without having to pay copying fees, pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.231 et seq. (Mich. Stat. Ann. § 4.1801(1) et seq.). The mental health facility refused because Kearney …

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