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Washington Prisoner Awarded $210 for Untimely PRA Response

Loaded on April 15, 2011

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records. Location: Washington.

The Washington Court of Appeal has affirmed the award of sanctions to Kevin Mitchell, a prisoner at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center, when the Department of Corrections (Department) responded to his public records request in an untimely manner.

In May 2007, Mitchell submitted a request, pursuant to Washington’s Public Records ...

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