Hosey v. The City of Joliet

*566 ¶ 1 Plaintiff, Joseph Hosey, submitted four Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ( 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (West 2016) ) requests to obtain videotaped police interviews of several individuals; defendant, City of Joliet (City), denied the requests. The Illinois Attorney General was asked to review the denials and determined that plaintiff was entitled to the videotapes. When the City still failed to process his requests, plaintiff filed a complaint for injunctive relief in the circuit court. Thereafter, both parties filed motions for summary judgment. The trial court granted summary judgment in…