Colby v. Gunson

Plaintiff Colby is an attorney who represented himself in this proceeding for inspection of public records under the Oregon Public Records Law, ORS 192.410 to 192.505. Plaintiff prevailed in the appeal and seeks attorney fees and costs under ORS 192.490(3). We deny the petition for attorney fees and allow costs in the amount of $520.98, to abide by the outcome on remand under ORAP 13.05(4).

Plaintiff was successful in obtaining a remand of a decision denying him access to defendant medical examiner’s autopsy and laboratory test reports. We determined that the records were not exempt from…