Seth Anderson v. Huntington County Board of Commissioners

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

In this case, we are asked to determine what suffices as “reasonably particular” in a request for public records submitted under the Access to Public Records Act (APRA). 1 Here, appellant-plaintiff, Seth Anderson, submitted four requests for emails pursuant to the APRA. Each request was identical — all seeking the emails sent or received within a four and one-half month time span — the only difference between the requests was that each named a different employee.

About one week later, appellee-defen-dant, the Huntington County Board of Commissioners (the “Commissioners”),…