SMITH v. COOK CO. PROBATION DEPARTMENT

No. 85-1278.

151 Ill. App.3d 136 (1986)

502 N.E.2d 1157

THOMAS WILLIAM SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE COOK COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed December 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Smith, of Menard, for appellant, pro se.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Henry A. Hauser, Susan Condon, and Sean P. Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Pro se plaintiff, Thomas Smith,1 appeals from the dismissal of his petition for disclosure of his probation records, filed pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 116, par. 201 et seq.). The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting defendants' motion to dismiss on the ground that probation...

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