IRELAND v. SHEARIN

No. 26, Sept. Term, 2010.

10 A.3d 754 (2010)

417 Md. 401

Robert Lamont IRELAND v. Bobby SHEARIN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monisha Cherayil (Public Justice Center, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellant.

Michael O. Doyle , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Stuart M. Nathan , Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS, and BARBERA, JJ.


ADKINS, J.

We are called upon to decide whether an official custodian of records violates Maryland's Public Information Act ("PIA") by directing an applicant to resubmit document requests to the actual custodians within individual departments of the official's agency. Appellant Robert Lamont Ireland, an inmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution ("NBCI"), submitted a request under the PIA to the office of Warden John Rowley. Upon receipt of this request,...

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