Disabilities Rights Center, Inc. v. Commissioner

The plaintiff, Disabilities Rights Center, Inc., filed a petition in superior court under New Hampshire’s Right to Know Law, see RSA ch. 91-A (1990); the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally 111 Individuals Act (PAMII), see 42 U.S.C. §§ 10801 et seq. (1994); and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994), seeking access to records of the New Hampshire State Prison’s Secure Psychiatric Unit (SPU). The Superior Court {Brennan, J.) ordered the defendants, the commissioner of the department of corrections and the administrative director of the SPU, to disclose quality assurance records, and denied the plaintiff’s…