HOFFMAN v. KITTITAS COUNTY

No. 96286-3.

449 P.3d 277 (2019)

Randall HOFFMAN, Petitioner, v. KITTITAS COUNTY, a local agency and The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office, a local agency, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed September 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Williams, IV , Law Office of Harry Williams LLC, 707 E. Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98102-5410, Benjamin Blystad Gould , Keller Rohrback LLP, 1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98101-3052, for Petitioner.

Gregory Lee Zempel , Kittitas County Prosecuting, Attorney's Office, 205 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 213, Ellensburg, WA 98926-2887, for Respondents.

Timothy John Feulner , Office of the Attorney General, 1125 Washington Street SE, P.O. Box 40116, Olympia, WA 98504-0116, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Department of Corrections).


¶1 Penalty awards by the trial court in Public Records Act (PRA)1 cases are reviewed for abuse of discretion. In Yousoufian II,2 we set forth a nonexclusive list of aggravating and mitigating factors, including agency bad faith, to guide trial courts as they exercise...

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