State ex rel. Harris v. Rasey

Summary

The court granted mandamus relief requiring production of records responsive to Harris's July 2024 request for his master file, subject to lawful redactions, because an internal prison policy could not override the Public Records Act. It denied relief on the December 2024 request because Harris did not establish that additional responsive records existed and on the January 2025 request because he did not direct it to the proper records custodian or follow the referral. The court awarded $1,000 in statutory damages for the July request but denied court costs because Harris had filed an affidavit of indigency.