FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

In the Matter of a Complaint by Final Decision

Daniel V. Presnick,

Complainant

against Docket #FIC 93-118

Orange Board of Education,

Respondent October 13, 1993

The above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard as a contested case on August 12, 1993, at which time the respondent appeared with a witness, but the complainant failed to appear to prosecute his complaint.

The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:

1. The complaint is hereby dismissed with prejudice for failure to prosecute the complaint.

2. The Commission deplores the waste of state and local resources precipitated by the complainant's failure to attend and proceed with the administrative hearing on the complaint. Both the Commission and the respondent were unnecessarily inconvenienced, and the respondent brought counsel at the expense of the taxpayers of the Town of Orange. The Commission condemns the deliberate and inexcusable conduct of Mr. Presnick in this regard.

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of October 13, 1993.

Mitchell Pearlman

Acting Clerk of Commission

Docket #FIC 93-118 Page 2

PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.

THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CARE ARE:

Daniel V. Presnick

P.O. Box 1023

Orange, CT 06477-7023

ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION

c/o William S. Fish, Esq.

Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn

City Place - 35th Floor

Hartford, CT 06103-3488

Mitchell Pearlman

Acting Clerk of Commission