Taylor v. Barlow

OPINION

MAZE, Judge:

Appellant, Chester Taylor, appeals the Monroe Circuit Court’s sua sponte dismissal of his suit seeking records requested from the Appellee, Monroe County Sheriff and seeking damages pursuant to Kentucky’s Open Records Act (“KORA”) for that agency’s failure to disclose the documents in a timely manner. We reverse and remand, finding that the trial court erred in dismissing Taylor’s case for lack of standing and in finding that Taylor was engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.

We first note that Appellee has not submitted a brief on appeal. Pursuant to Civil Rule (“CR”)…