Judge says Colorado public defender’s response to inmate’s records request was ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ orders $13,650 penalty - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

Judge says Colorado public defender’s response to inmate’s records request was ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ orders $13,650 penalty - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director A judge has ordered the Colorado Office of the State Public Defender to pay a prison inmate a $25-a-day penalty, totaling $13,650, for its “arbitrary and capricious” denial of his request for a policy document. In a Jan. 13 ruling, Jefferson County District Court Judge Todd Vriesman determined that the public defender’s regional office in Golden is subject to the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Ac…