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ALLEN v. BARKSDALE

1080242.

32 So.3d 1264 (2009)

Richard F. ALLEN, individually and as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections v. Mary BARKSDALE et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tara S. Knee, deputy legal counsel, Alabama State Personnel Department, for appellant.

Jake Watson, Huntsville; Herman Watson, Jr., of Watson, Jimmerson, Martin, McKinney, Graffeo & Helms, P.C., Huntsville; and Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty, Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellees.

E. Cutter Hughes and Daniel Kaufmann of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Huntsville; and Bradley W. Pratt and Merritt E. McAlister of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for amici curiae Alabama Press Association, The Huntsville Times, Raycom Media, Inc., WSFA LLC (Montgomery), and WAFF LLC (Huntsville), in support of the appellees.

BOLIN, Justice.

Richard F. Allen, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as commissioner (hereinafter referred to as "the commissioner") of the Alabama Department of Corrections ("DOC"), appeals from a summary judgment ordering the commissioner to release certain reports regarding prison incidents to the Southern Center for Human Rights (hereinafter "SCHR") and Mary Barksdale. We affirm.

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