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Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 04:51:57 PM CDT
Subject: Re: PIR - John Kevin McMillan
September 28, 2021
Dear Texas Department of Criminal Justice state agency Office of the General Counsel Open Records Coordinator,
Thank you for your September 27, 2021, reply letter (below) to me, explaining why you have determined that I will need to pay "$498.60" to the TDCJ in order to myself receive a written response from you that provides me with any and all documents that are responsive to my late August of 2021 e-mail public-information request to your state agency.
My request had sought applicable legal documents on file with your Office of the General Counsel in Huntsville, Texas, that directly refer to me in any manner. I myself do not have any criminal-conviction record, as I'm sure your state agency in Huntsville is very aware.
Thank you again for your reply letter. I will need to give some thought to whether I plan to submit a polite appeal to the Attorney General of Texas, the Honorable Ken Paxton, in regard to the $498.60 financial charge to me by your state agency on this.
For the record, my applicable information request to the TDCJ had sought a copy of "any and all e-mail communications, reports, memoranda, or other written communications that were written or received or forwarded or FAXed or mailed at any time since April 1, 2011, by any staff member or attorney or administrator in your state-agency's Office of General Counsel in Huntsville, and that, in each and every such case, referred at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas. Excluded from the scope of this public-information requests are any and all e-mails that were directly sent by myself to your Office of General Counsel in Huntsville."
I had sought those legal documents from your TDCJ Office of General Counsel in Huntsville in an August 28, 2021, public-information request I emailed to your state agency---a request that your state agency officially received on August 30, 2021.
Best Wishes,
public-information requestor John Kevin McMillan, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
John Kevin McMillan
On Monday, September 27, 2021, 11:35:03 AM CDT, OGC Open Records <ogcopenrecords@tdcj.texas.gov> wrote:
Mr. McMillan,
The cost estimate provided to you is based on the cost of performing the search and review of records. We do not anticipate the discovery of a large amount of responsive records based on a similar search for a request you submitted recently. The cost of searching TDCJ records is based on the computer programming and processing time, and is not necessarily dependent on the search terms. We cannot estimate the number of pages of responsive information which may be available to you following the search.
It is also noteworthy that any responsive information fall under an exception to a release under the PIA and/or be protected by a privilege.
The PIA does not require the TDCJ to respond to questions. If you are requesting additional information, you must submit a new request using one of the methods listed at the following link:
Executive Services - Public Information Act Requests (texas.gov)
Thank you,
Office of the General Counsel-TDCJ
P: (936) 437-6700
The information contained in this email and any attachments is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential, privileged, or proprietary information. Any other use of these materials is strictly prohibited. This email shall not be forwarded outside the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Office of the General Counsel, without the permission of the original sender. If you have received this material in error, please notify me immediately by telephone and destroy all electronic, paper, or other versions.
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