Partee v. Bartlett

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ellison, J.), entered October 1, 1996 in Chemung County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination by respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services denying petitioner’s request under the Freedom of Information Law for copies of certain documents.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was transferred to a different correctional facility after sending a letter to the daughter of a facility employee, soliciting a personal relationship. Invoking the Freedom of Information Law (Public…