Legal Opinion
Hines v. District of Columbia Board of Parole
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1989No. 87-1468PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
Appellant James Hines appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the D.C. Board of Parole (Board) after his request under the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), D.C.Code § 1-1521 et seq. (1981), for disclosure of Board records relating to applications for reduction of minimum sentence under D.C. Code § 24-201c (1981) was denied and he filed suit to compel disclosure. The trial judge ruled that the records were confidential and personal to the inmates involved and, therefore, within the privacy exemption of § l-1524(a)(2). In view of the unfocused…
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