Sabir Abdul-Haqq Yasir v. Howard C. Forman

The petitioner appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to tax costs. As neither the order nor the record explains the trial court’s rationale in denying the motion, we reverse and remand.

Background

The petitioner — who is incarcerated— sent two public records requests to the Broward County Clerk’s office, seeking copies of documents from the court file in his criminal case. The first request was dated September 3, 2012, and the second was dated October 1, 2012. Seemingly receiving no response from the Clerk’s office, the petitioner sought a judicial means of compelling the requested…