Assistant District Attorney Bristol District Attorney's Office 88 Purchase Street P.O. Box 973 New Bedford, MA 02740 Dear Attorney Lee: I have received a request for reconsideration from the Bristol DistrictAttorney's Office (Office), on behalf of the Massachusetts State Police Department (Department), regarding a previous determination related to the response from the Department to a request for public records. G.
Station Fall River, MA 02724 Ph: 508-674-4681 Fx: 508-675-2224 Dear Supervisor Murray, Enclosed herein, please find our response to the Bristol District Attorney's request for reconsideration of your order in case SPRl 9/1721. I sent this to both you and Attorney Lee by email this morning, and I am sending Attorney Lee a hard copy as well.
Assistant District Attorney Bristol District Attorneys Office 888 Purchase Street New Bedford, MA 02740 Dear Attorney Almeida: I have received the petition of Lewis Floyd appealing the response of the Bristol DistrictAttorneys Office (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). In December 2022, Mr. Floyd made multiple requests for various categories of records.
The Bristol DistrictAttorney has not publicly disseminated any of the requested materials." You further note that "[t]hese materials were necessarily compiled outside of the public view and continue to be maintained that way. It is not possible for the District Attorney to predict what lies ahead in these matters and in which forum and under what circumstances it will need to litigate these cases based upon future rulings by the Court.".
The Bristol DistrictAttorney has not publicly disseminated any of the requested materials." The DAO further notes that "[t]hese materials were necessarily compiled outside of the public view and continue to be maintained that way. It is not possible for the District Attorney to predict what lies ahead in these matters and in which forum and under what circumstances it will need to litigate these cases based upon future rulings by the Court."
Assistant District Attorney Bristol District Attorneys Office 888 Purchase Street New Bedford, MA 02740 Dear Attorney Lee: I have received the petition of Andrew Quemere appealing the response of the Bristol DistrictAttorneys Office (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 10, 2022, Mr. Quemere requested the following: [1.]
Assistant District Attorney Bristol District Attorneys Office 888 Purchase Street New Bedford, MA 02740 Dear Attorney Lee: I have received the petition of Andrew Quemere appealing the response of the Bristol DistrictAttorneys Office (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 10, 2022, Mr. Quemere requested the following: [1.]
Lee: I have received the petition of Christopher Pereira appealing the nonresponse of the Bristol District Attorney's Office (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Pereira requested an identified case file. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Office provided Mr. Pereira a response to his request.
Bristol County Sheriff's Office 400 Faunce Corner Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747 June 27, 2022 SPR22/1421 Dear Attorney Rousseau: I have received the petition of Elijah Patterson appealing the nonresponse of the Bristol DistrictAttorneys Office (Office) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On May 21, 2022, Mr. Patterson requested various records regarding inmate commissary accounts.
Wallack indicates "[u]nfortunately, the letter the Bristol DistrictAttorney's Office provided lacks the specificity the Supervisor ordered. Instead of providing a list of' each withheld document,' the Bristol DA' s office instead provided a brief summary of the various reasons why it has refused to provide any records."