Smith v. Hernandez

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Glenn Smith is a state prisoner who is serving a life sentence at Martin Correctional Institution for sexual battery upon a victim under twelve years old. Jennifer Hernandez is the public records custodian for Moore Haven Correctional Facility. Smith filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel Hernandez to comply with Smith’s request to view the personnel file of a Moore Haven employee who Smith contends was terminated in 2000 “for violating agency policy.” The circuit court denied Smith’s petition, finding that the information sought was either exempt under…