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Opinion

Opinion By: Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General; Amye L. Bensenhaver, Assistant Attorney General

Open Records Decision

This matter having been presented to the Attorney General in an open records appeal, and the Attorney General being sufficiently advised, we find that Green River Correctional Complex properly relied on KRS 197.025(2), incorporated into the Open Records Act by operation of KRS 61.878(1)(l), 1 in denying inmate Ralph Franklin, Jr.'s, June 21, 2005, request for "one copy of the food label for the egg substitute served at the dinner meal on 6/20/05." It is the decision of this office that 99-ORD-102, as affirmed in 02-ORD-241, copies of which are attached hereto and incorporated by reference, are dispositive of the issue on appeal. We find no error in GRCC's denial of Mr. Franklin's request.


A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court pursuant to KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882. Pursuant to KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General should be notified of any action in circuit court, but should not be named as a party in that action or in any subsequent proceeding.

Footnotes

Footnotes

1 KRS 61.878(1)(l) authorizes public agencies to withhold:

Public records or information the disclosure of which is prohibited or restricted or otherwise made confidential by enactment of the General Assembly.

LLM Summary
The decision finds that the Green River Correctional Complex properly denied an inmate's request for a copy of a food label, relying on specific statutory provisions that allow withholding of the information. The decision follows previous Attorney General opinions (99-ORD-102 and 02-ORD-241) that are directly applicable to the case, affirming the correctness of the denial based on established interpretations of the law.
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Requested By:
Ralph Franklin, Jr.
Agency:
Green River Correctional Complex
Type:
Open Records Decision
Lexis Citation:
2005 Ky. AG LEXIS 138
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