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COM. v. CHESTNUT

No. 2006-SC-000086-DG.

250 S.W.3d 655 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Department of Corrections, and Western Kentucky Correctional Complex, Appellants, v. Bobby CHESTNUT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Dennis, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Office of Legal Services, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellants.

Allison I. Connelly, Associate Professor of Law, University of Kentucky College of Law, Legal Clinic, Lexington, KY, Counsel for Appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Justice MINTON.

Bobby Chestnut, a prisoner confined at the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex (WKCC), submitted an open records request to the WKCC asking to see his entire inmate file, excluding any confidential items. The WKCC records custodian denied Chestnut's request because it was too broad and overly vague. Chestnut then sought the Kentucky Attorney General's review of the WKCC denial. And the Attorney General agreed with Chestnut...

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