FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

FINAL DECISION
Docket #FIC 1997-100
October 22, 1997

In the Matter of a Complaint by Joseph Paquette, Complainant
against
Mayor, Town of East Hartford, Respondent

The above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard as a contested case on September 8, 1997. The respondent appeared at the appointed time 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:

The complaint is hereby dismissed for failure to prosecute.

2. The Commission wishes to admonish the complainant for his failure to notify the Commission that he would not appear at the hearing in this matter, which failure resulted in a waste of valuable state resources.

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of October 22, 1997.

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Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission

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 Paquette
260 Prospect Street
East Hartford, CT 06108

Mayor, Town of East Hartford
c/o Jose R. Ramirez
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Town of East Hartford
740 Main Street
East Hartford, CT 06108

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Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission
FIC1997-100/FD/tcg/10221997