Basey v. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Alaska State Troopers, Bureau of Investigations

OPINION

BOLGER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this appeal, Kaleb Basey argues the Alaska State Troopers (AST) must comply with his requests for certain public records. The State contends the requested records are statutorily exempt from disclosure because the records pertain to currently pending federal cases: a criminal case against Basey and a related civil suit he brought against various state employees. We conclude the State has not established that disclosure of these records “could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings” 1 or that either of these pending actions…