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Timmons v. Records Access Officer

271 A.D.2d 320 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 2000-04-18 English

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In the Matter of Ronald Timmons, Appellant, v Records Access Officer et al., Respondents.
[706 NYS2d 640]

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered March 16, 1999, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ cross motion to dismiss the petition seeking disclosure of certain documents pursuant to Public Officers Law § 89 (3) (Freedom of Information Law), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner failed to meet his burden to supply the information required to retrieve the requested documents (see, Mitchell v Slade, 173 AD2d 226 , lv denied 78 NY2d 863 ; Matter of Wattenmaker v New York State Employees’ Retirement Sys., 95 AD2d 910 , lv denied 60 NY2d 555 ). Concur — Williams, J. P., Ellerin, Lerner, Andrias and Friedman, JJ.

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