FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

FINAL DECISION
Docket #FIC 1996-595
August 13, 1997

In the Matter of a Complaint by Joseph H. Besade, Complainant
against
Mark A. Shiffrin, Commissioner, State of Connecticut, Department of Consumer Protection; and State of Connecticut, Department of Consumer Protection, Respondents

The above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard as a contested case on April 24 and June 25, 1997. At the June 25, 1997 hearing, the respondent appeared but the complainant failed to appear.

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 for failure to prosecute.

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of August 13, 1997.

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Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission

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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 CASE ARE:
Joseph H. Besade
21 Fifth Avenue
Waterford, CT 06385

Mark A. Shiffrin, Commissioner, State of Connecticut, Department of Consumer Protection; and State of Connecticut, Department of Consumer Protection
c/o Atty. Anna M. Carbonaro
Dept. of Consumer Protection
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106-1630

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Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission
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