FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

           

The above-captioned matter was heard as a contested case on August 25, 2009, at which time the complainant and the respondents appeared, stipulated to certain facts, and presented testimony, exhibits and argument on the complaint.   The complainant, who is incarcerated, appeared via teleconference, pursuant to the January 2004 memorandum of understanding between the Commission and the Department of Correction.  See  Docket No. CV 03-0826293, Anthony Sinchak v. FOIC et al, Superior Court, J.D. of Hartford at Hartford, Corrected Order dated January 27, 2004 (Sheldon, J.). 

 

At the conclusion of the hearing, the parties negotiated a settlement of the complaint, and the complainant withdrew 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 dismissed.

 

2.      The parties are commended for reaching a settlement of the complaint.

 

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of March 24, 2010.

 

 

____________________________

Petrea A. Jones

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:

 

Jordan Smith, #324287

Northern Correctional Institution

287 Bilton Road

PO Box 665

Somers, CT 06071

 

Chief, Police Department,

City of Bridgeport; and

Police Department,

City of Bridgeport

c/o Melanie Howlett, Esq.

Office of the City Attorney

999 Broad Street, 2^nd Floor

Bridgeport, CT 06604

 

 

 

 

 

____________________________

Petrea A. Jones

Acting Clerk of the Commission

 

 

 

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