STATE EX REL. SAVINSKI v. KIMBLE

No. 97-3356.

221 Wis.2d 833 (1998)

586 N.W.2d 36

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. Donald SAVINSKI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Karren KIMBLE, Registrar, Wisconsin Resource Center, Phil Macht, Director, Wisconsin Resource Center, Respondents-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald Savinski pro se.

On behalf of the respondents-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Maryann Sumi, assistant attorney general.

Before Dykman, P.J., Eich and Vergeront, JJ.


VERGERONT, J.

Donald Savinski appeals an order quashing a writ of mandamus issued under § 19.37(1), STATS. Savinski argues that the denial of his request for his patient treatment records under Wisconsin's open records law, §§ 19.31 to 19.39, STATS., was inadequate and, therefore, the writ should not have been quashed by the trial court. He also argues that the trial court erred by failing to conduct an in camera inspection of the records. We conclude...

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