Lethal Injection protocol meeting notes and communications (Department of Corrections)

Adanya Lustig filed this request with the Department of Corrections of Oklahoma.
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From: Adanya Lustig

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails and meeting minutes for members of a lethal injection protocol committee, or equivalent regulatory body, regarding the lethal injection protocol and/or lethal injection drugs from 2010 to present. If there is not a lethal injection protocol committee, then any and all meeting minutes and communications within the Department of Corrections that mention the lethal injection protocol and/or lethal injection drugs from 2010 to present.

If any clarification is necessary, please feel free to call the MuckRock Office at 617-299-1832.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,

Adanya Lustig

From: Department of Corrections

Hello,
This is in response to the request I've pasted to the end of this email.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections does not maintain official minutes of meetings concerning the lethal injection protocol and/or lethal injection drugs, nor does DOC have any emails discussing the lethal injection protocol and/or lethal injection drugs.

Furthermore, if said records did exist, said records would be confidential under state law. The preparation of a lethal injection protocol and meetings/communications concerning the review, drafting, amending, updating, etc. said lethal injection protocol or concerning the lethal injections drugs would have been work closely performed with legal counsel and would be privileged under the attorney-work product doctrine and the attorney-client privilege. Moreover, any notes maintained from said meetings (not intended to be official minutes from said meetings) would be protected by the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Moreover, the Department asserts the law enforcement records exemption under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, which permits a law enforcement agency to deny access to law enforcement records. Additionally, DOC asserts the deliberative process privilege, and all other provisions of law that provide for the requested records being confidential.

Matt Elliott
Public Information Manager
Communications Unit
3400 Martin Luther King Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73136-0400
Office: (405) 425-2520
Mobile: (405) 435-9173
Fax: (405) 425-2578
http://doc.ok.gov<http://doc.ok.gov/>

Department of Corrections
ORA Office
3400 Martin Luther King Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73111-4298

June 1, 2018

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Oklahoma Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 28, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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On Sept. 28, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails and meeting minutes for members of a lethal injection protocol committee, or equivalent regulatory body, regarding the lethal injection protocol and/or lethal injection drugs from 2010 to present. If there is not a lethal injection protocol committee, then any and all meeting minutes and communications within the Department of Corrections that mention the lethal injection protocol and/or lethal injection drugs from 2010 to present.

If any clarification is necessary, please feel free to call the MuckRock Office at 617-299-1832.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,

Adanya Lustig

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Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the above link to let us know.

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 43982
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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