THEODORE R. KULONGOSKI
ATTORNEY GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
John Roberts, SID #10822833
Santiam Correctional Institution
4005 Aumsville Hwy SE
Salem, OR 97310-9112
1162 Court Street NE
Justice Building
Salem, Oregon 97310
Telephone: (503) 378-4400
TDD: (503) 378-5938
April 17, 1995
Re: Petition for Public Records Disclosure Order ~
Oregon Department of Corrections Records
Dear Mr. Roberts:
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DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
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GENERAL COUNSEL
DEPT. OF JUSTICE
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This letter is the Attorney General's order on your petition for disclosure of records
under the Oregon Public Records Law, ORS 192.410 to 192.505. Your petition, which was
received in the Trial Division of this office on March 20, 199511
, asks the Attorney General
to direct the Santiam Correctional Institution (SCI) to make available to you a copy of an
offender profile report pertaining to you. For the reasons that follow, we deny your petition
as moot.
The Public Records Law confers a right to access any public record of a public body
in Oregon, subject to certain exemptions and limitations. See ORS 192.420. The law
requires generally that the custodian of public records furnish proper and reasonable
opportunities for inspection and/or copying of the record in the office of the custodian. ORS
192.430. Any person denied the right to inspect or to receive a copy of any public record of
a state agency may petition the Attorney General to review the public record to determine if
it may be withheld from public inspection. ORS 192.450(1).
You state in your petition that you requested and were denied a copy of the offender
profile report from Penney Hathaway, Chief Records Officer at SCI.
We have spoken with Ms. Hathaway regarding your petition. She informs us that as
of this afternoon, she has caused to be delivered to you, and you have received, a copy of
the requested report.
John Roberts, SID #10822833
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April 17, 1995
Because Ms. Hathaway has informed us that you have now received a copy of the
request report, we deny your petition as moot.
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Sincerely,
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ELIZABETI:IS.HARCHENKO
Special Counsel to
the Attorney General
11 We appreciate your extending the time within which the law would have otherwise
required us to respond. We also apologize for any inconvenience caused by our inadvertent
misrouting of your petition within this office.