Shelby County Health Department

Kyra Senese filed this request with the Shelby County Health Department of Shelby County, TN.
Submitted Sept. 16, 2020
Status
Rejected

Communications

From: Kent Hoover

Subject: Tennessee Public Records Act Request: Shelby County Health Department

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Tennessee Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Email correspondence, and all underlying documentation, attachments or other media associated with the responsive emails, between August 1, and the date this request is ultimately fulfilled sent to, from or copied to Alisa Haushalter containing any of the non-case-sensitive key-strings: “school” AND “covid*” OR “coronavirus.” We also consider any official business conducted by personal email addresses to be responsive to this request.

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 look forward to receiving your response to this request within 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Please note that I am a citizen of Tennessee, and am using MuckRock's services to help manage and track my request.

Sincerely,

Kent Hoover

From: Shelby County Health Department

Subject: A11842-20 HOOVER, KENT-PRR 10/27/20 EMAILS/DOCUMENTATION: SCHOOL/COVID/CORONAVIRUS

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** Attached file(s):
Public Records Request - Hoover, Kent (00271826.MSG)

Kent Hoover
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 91694
411A Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

Dear Mr. Hoover:

I am in receipt of the above referenced public records request.

Your correspondence indicates you are a citizen of Massachusetts, not Tennessee. Pursuant to the Tennessee Public Records Act, codified by Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-101, et seq., Shelby County Government's records are not open to inspection by individuals who are not Tennessee citizens. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503(a)(2)(A)("[a]ll state, county, and municipal records ... shall at all times, during business hours, be open ... for inspection by any citizen of Tennessee"); see also Ray v. Stanton, C.A. No. 88-285-II, 1989 WL 14135, *3 (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 24, 1989)(""we hold that the provisions of the Public Records Act are available only for any citizen of the State of Tennessee""); and Tenn. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 01-132, 2001 WL 1048622 (Tenn. A.G. August 22, 2001)(""persons who are not citizens of Tennessee can be denied access to public records under the Tennessee Public Records Act""). Due to the fact that you are not a Tennessee citizen, your public records request is respectfully denied.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or Angela Locklear, Public Records Counsel at publicrecords@shelbycountytn.gov<mailto:publicrecords@shelbycountytn.gov>.
Regards,

Stacy

Stacy Taylor, Paralegal for
Angela M. Locklear
Assistant County Attorney/Public Records Counsel
Shelby County Attorney's Office
160 N. Main Street, Suite 950
Memphis, TN 38103
Tele: (901) 222-2100
Fax: (901) 222-2105
*:publicrecords@shelbycountytn.gov

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