Marshall County

26 Jun, 2015

Appeals Court reverses denial of attorney fees in public records case

By |2018-11-16T15:08:36-06:00June 26, 2015|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee, requests|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

The Court of Appeals in Nashville reversed a trial court ruling, and ordered attorney's fees be awarded to Alex Friedmann, managing editor of Prison Legal News, who sued the Marshall County Sheriff's Office after it refused to let him get copies of written jail policies and contracts unless he appeared in person. (Read the ruling: Alex Friedmann, et al. v. Marshall County, TN, et al.) Friedmann wrote a letter to the sheriff's department requesting copies under the Tennessee Public Records Act of certain jail policies and contracts. The sheriff's department told Friedmann that he would have to make his request in person. "This email does not deny Mr. Friedman[n] the records, [...]

19 Jan, 2015

Friedmann seeks appeal of public records request case on in-person appearance requirement

By |2019-09-11T18:53:20-05:00January 19, 2015|Categories: requests|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Alex Friedmann, managing editor of Prison Legal News, has filed a request to appeal a Marshall County chancery court ruling last year that ordered release of records he requested, but declined to rule that one of his requests was denied because he would not appear in person to make the request. Friedmann began his request Feb. 3, 2014, with a letter to the Marshall County Sheriff's Department requesting disclosures of jail policies concerning inmate mail, inmate grievance policy, inmate medical care policies, whether the jail maintains a formulatory of medications for inmates, a copy of the jail's phone service contract, a contingency request if the jail is paid a commission on prisoner [...]

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