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Washington State Prisoner Who Requested Public Records Entitled to Joinder in Non-Disclosure Injunctive Action
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2010, page 36
The Supreme Court for the State of Washington has held that a person who requests public records must be joined in an action that seeks to prevent the disclosure of those records.The Court’s May 13, 2010 ruling came in an appeal filed by Washington State Penitentiary prisoner Allan Parmelee. …
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