Legal Opinion
Faulkner v. Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided August 19, 2014No. 31658-1-IIIPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Culp, J.*
¶1 Newly enacted RCW 42.56.565(1) prohibits the award of penalties to inmates for violations of the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, unless the court finds that the agency acted in bad faith in denying the person the opportunity to inspect or copy the public record. Inmate Clarence Faulkner submitted a public records request to the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) for two documents related to rejected mail. After the initial production was incomplete, Mr. Faulkner sought penalties from the DOC for a violation of the PRA. The trial court found that a…
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