Request for AG Opinion on Caraway Home Disturbance

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8/7/2019 Request for AG Opinion on Caraway Home Disturbance

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Cityof Dallas

January I,20ll

SteveThompson

stevethompson dallasnews.com

Re: Request or an OpenRecordsDecision

Dear Mr. Thompson:

This letter responds o your open records request receivedby the City of Dallas ("City") on

January9,2011, for all existing documentation, ncluding but not limited to, notesrelated o theDallas Police Department investigation into an incident on January 2, 20lI at 1934 Argyle

Avenue. The requesteddocumentshave been sent to the Attorney Generalfor an open records

decisionregarding heir release.A copy of the letter to the Attorney General s enclosed or your

information.

If you have any questionsregarding this matter pleasecontact me or Assistant City Attomey

MichaelBostic at 214-67 -3519.

Sincerely, /

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44,ffiWARREN M. S. ERNST

Chief of the GeneralCounselDivision

Attachments

(with Exhibit A only)

ThomasP. Perkins,Jr., City Attomey

HeatherSilver, AssistantCity Attorney

Michael Bostic, AssistantCity Attomey

Jeri Carter.Public Information Office

OFF|CEOFfiE CIWATTOF'IEY OTY HAI.I DALltS. TEXAS75401 TELEPHONEta67G3lt19 Ftm214/,67A4dn

Januaryl,20tl

HonorableGregAbbott

Attomey Generalof Texas

300W. 15thStreet

ClementsBuilding, 12thFloor

P.O.Box L2548

Austin,Texas78711

Re: Requestor anOpenRecordsDecision

DearAttorneYGeneralAbbott:

By e-mail datedJanuaryg,20ll, SteveThompsonhasrequested ll existingdocumentation'

#r"61,! but not limitedto, notes elated o thebuttar PoliceDepartment'snvestigationnto an

incidentonJanuary2,2o||at|g34ArgyleAvenue,ExhibitA.

Thisoffice s responsibleor representinghe egal nterests f thecity of Dallas("city")' In our

opinion, therequestednformationmayu-""*".pt

from requiredpublic disclosureunderSection

552.101of the public InformationAct, chapier 552,TexasGovemmentcode (the "Act").

under Section 552.30rof the Act, this office now seeksyour determinationaboutwhether hisinformation s exempt rom disclosure'

we believe that the information in Exhibit B may be excepted rom-disclos're underSection

ss2.l1rof theAct which exempts rom disclosure informationconsideredo beconfidentialby

law,eitherconstitutional, tatutory, r by judicial decision."Section552.101of theAct protects

from public disclosure nformation coming withln the.common law right of privacy' To be

within the common aw right of privacy, the information must (l) contain highly intimate9r

embarrassingacts about-a

person's prinurc affairs such that its release would be highly

objectionabreo a reasonable ersonand (2) be of no legitimate congeqr o the public. open

RecordsDecisionNo. 56g (lggg) at 6g5. The information n Exhibit B consistsof personal

information hatwebelievemaybeprotectedby thecornmon aw right ofprivacy andwouldbe

of no interesto thePublic'

we havealso ncludedcopiesof two newspaperarticlesrelating to the incident, Exhibit c' we

seekyourdecisionashow to proceedn this matter'

Cityof Dallas

OFRCEOFIIE CIIY ATTOnIEY (,TYHAll D LlrgrEx s7laor TEltPiloiE2tJBTGgSl8 FAX214|r'O4&22

Januaryl,20ll

HonorableGregAbbott

If you have any questions egarding his matter,pleasecontactme or Assistantcity Attorney

MichaelBosticat 214.670.3519'

RespectfullY ubmitted,,/ ,

%*puf "UWARRENM. S.ERNST

Chiefof theGeneralCounselDivision

Attachments

c: (with Exhibit A onlY)ThomasP.Perkins,Jr.,CitYAttomeY

HeatherSilver,AssistantCity Attorney

MichaelBostic,AssistantCity Attorney

JeriCarter,Public InformationOffice

SteveThomPson

stevethompson @dallasnews'com

EXHIBIT IIAII

From: Thompson, teve [maiho:stwethompson@dallasnews.om]SenE SundaY,anuary 9,20111:01PM

To: OpenRecordssubject: 1934ARGYTEVE

f,d ke o request ll existing ocumentationf the Dallas olice nvestigationntoan ncident nJan'22oL1'

at 1g34ARGYLEVE. hesewould nclude, ut not be imited o, anynotesakenbyofficers ndpolhe

officials egardinghe case'

Thanks,

Steve hompson

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