FRANKLIN CTY. SHERIFF'S OFFICE v. PARMELEE

No. 86410-1.

285 P.3d 67 (2012)

FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE; Franklin County Correctional Center; and Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Respondents, v. Allan PARMELEE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Parmelee (Appearing Pro Se), Airway Heights Correction Center, Airway Heights, WA, for Petitioner.

Ryan Elliot Verhulp , Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Shawn P. Sant , Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, Pasco, WA, Kenneth W. Harper , Menke Jackson Beyer Ehlis Harper & Plant, Yakima, WA, for Respondents.

Timothy Norman Lang , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for Department of Corrections, Attorney General.

William John Crittenden , Patrick Denis Brown , Attorneys at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Coalition for Open Go.


C. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This case involves the Public Records Act (PRA) and whether, under RCW 42.56.540, the superior court may consider the identity of a public records requester when determining whether to issue an injunction. The superior court ruled it could not consider a requester's identity and scheduled a permanent injunction hearing to determine whether the records were exempt from disclosure. Franklin County sought...

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