Kade v. Smith

¶ 1. Plaintiff Barry Kade appeals from a superior court judgment denying his request under the Public *555Records Act to compel disclosure of four performance evaluations pertaining to the Superintendent of the Northern State Correctional Facility in the City of Newport. Plaintiff contends the court erred in: (1) refusing to examine the requested documents in camera; (2) ruling that the records contain personal information exempt from disclosure; (3) failing to balance the competing interests in privacy and disclosure; and (4) declining to redact those portions of the records determined to be…