Seaton v. Wayne County Prosecutor

This case is before us on remand by the Supreme Court for consideration as on leave granted the circuit court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint brought under the Freedom of Information Act (foia), MCL 15.231 et seq.; MSA 4.1801(1) et seq. 450 Mich 969 (1996). We affirm.

Between 1989 and 1993, plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding in propria persona, sent to defendant several FOIA requests seeking documents, including trial transcripts, relating to plaintiff’s criminal trial. Defendant denied plaintiff’s FOIA requests for a variety of reasons, which included that plaintiff should obtain the trial…