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Matter of Rowland v. Scully

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 3, 1989
152 A.D.2d 570 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

July 3, 1989

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Beisner, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner seeks disclosure of unredacted portions of five program security and assessment summary forms, prepared semiannually or upon the transfer of an inmate from one facility to another, which contain information to assist the respondents in determining the placement of the inmate in the most appropriate facility. The respondents claim that these documents are exempted from disclosure under the intraagency memorandum exemption contained in the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law § 87 [g]). We have examined in camera unredacted copies of the documents at issue (see, Matter of Nalo v Sullivan, 125 A.D.2d 311; see also, Matter of Allen Group v New York State Dept. of Motor Vehicles, 147 A.D.2d 856), and find that they are exempted as intraagency material, inasmuch as they contain predecisional evaluations, recommendations and conclusions concerning the petitioner's conduct in prison (see, Matter of Kheel v Ravitch, 62 N.Y.2d 1; Matter of Town of Oyster Bay v Williams, 134 A.D.2d 267).

We reject the petitioner's further claim that he is entitled to examine those documents pursuant to 7 NYCRR 5.50 in order to challenge the accuracy of material contained therein. We construe that regulation as permitting a challenge to the accuracy of only two types of records, namely, records relating to the inmate's "correctional supervision history" or his "personal history", and determine that the documents at issue do not contain such information as defined in 7 NYCRR 5.50. Bracken, J.P., Rubin, Spatt and Sullivan, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Rowland v. Scully

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 3, 1989
152 A.D.2d 570 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

Matter of Rowland v. Scully

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ROWLAND D., Appellant, v. CHARLES J. SCULLY, as…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jul 3, 1989

Citations

152 A.D.2d 570 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
543 N.Y.S.2d 497

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