Travis County District Attorney's Office in Austin, Texas, Informs Me on November 6, 2023, That the Travis County Attorney's Office Seeks Permission from Texas Attorney General to Withhold From Me Legal Documents on File With the DA in Austin that Refer to me as a 'Crime suspect'

 Below is a reply e-mail letter I received  today from Travis County District Attorney's Office Paralegal  Ramiro Gonzalez in Austin, Texas. Austin is the county seat of Travis County, Texas.

 The Travis County Attorney's Office is requesting official permission from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to withhold from me legal documents that are responsive to my October 23, 2023, email Open  Records Request.

That information  request from me had sought "a copy of any and all e-mails or letters or other legal documents, and a copy of any and all phone messages, that each directly refer to me as currently being or having previously been a current or former crime suspect; a person convicted of a crime; an expected future crime suspect; or an expected future crime perpetrator, and that were each generated, authored, received, sent, mailed, FAXed, or forwarded by a staff member or official of your Travis County District Attorney's Office during the time period from 8 a.m. January 1, 2021, through 8 a.m. Monday, October 23, 2023."

----- Forwarded Message -----

From: "Ramiro Gonzalez" <Ramiro.Gonzalez@traviscountytx.gov>

To: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@att.net>

Cc: "Susie Duttinger" <Susie.Duttinger@traviscountytx.gov>, "Matthew Entsminger" <Matthew.Entsminger@traviscountytx.gov>, "Reva Hall" <Reva.Hall2@traviscountytx.gov>

Sent: Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 11:28 AM

Subject: RE: TCDA ORR #23.0547

Dear Mr. McMillan,

This email is on behalf of the Travis County District Attorney's Office ("TCDA") regarding your request below. Please see the attached response regarding your request for public information submitted to their office. The responsive information has been sent to the Office of the Attorney General (“AG”) for their review. They have up to 45 business days to issue a ruling. Business days do not include weekends or holidays. TCDA will release some responsive information on a disc via regular mail.

Respectfully,

Ramiro “Ram” Gonzalez

Paralegal

Travis County Attorney’s Office

(512) 854-6470

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From: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>

Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2023 1:27 AM

To: DAOpenRecordsRequests <DAOpenRecordsRequests@traviscountytx.gov>

Subject: [CAUTION EXTERNAL] 10-22-23 PIR: any TCDA docs re: me as 'crime suspect'

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To: Open Records Division Coordinator,

Travis County District Attorney's (TCDA) Office,

Travis County Government,

Ronald Earle Building,

416 West 11th Street,

Austin, Texas 78701.

FAX number: 512-854-4206.

Main phone number for your DA's Office: (512) 854-9400.

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Dear Travis County District Attorney's Office Open Records Coordinator,

This is a follow-up Open Records request in which I seek to obtain from you a copy of any and all e-mails or letters or other legal documents, and a copy of any and all phone messages, that each directly refer to me as currently being or having previously been a current or former crime suspect; a person convicted of a crime; an expected future crime suspect; or an expected future crime perpetrator, and that were each generated, authored, received, sent, mailed, FAXed, or forwarded by a staff member or official of your Travis County District Attorney's Office during the time period from 8 a.m. January 1, 2021, through 8 a.m. Monday, October 23, 2023.

My full legal name is "John Kevin McMillan". My date of Birth is 4-27-1957, and my birthplace city is Lincoln, Nebraska.

This follow-up public information request was prompted by an October 12, 2023, e-mail reply letter (below) to me in which paralegal Ramiro Gonzalez of your staff informed me in writing that the Travis County District Attorney's Office in Austin is currently seeking official permission from the Attorney General of Texas to withhold from me numerous recent legal documents responsive to a public information request of mine that each directly refer to me by name.

---Forwarded Message -----

"Ramiro Gonzalez"

<Ramiro.Gonzalez@traviscountytx.gov>

To: "mcmillanj@att.net" <@att.net>

Cc: "Susie Duttinger" <Susie.Duttinger@traviscountytx.gov>, "Matthew Entsminger" <Matthew.Entsminger@traviscountytx.gov>, "Reva Hall" <Reva.Hall2@traviscountytx.gov>

Sent: Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 11:28 AM

Subject: Response to Request for Information - McMillan, J. (TCDA) #23.0505

Dear Mr. McMillan,

This email is on behalf of the Travis County District Attorney's Office ("TCDA"). Please see the attached response regarding your request for public information submitted to their office. The responsive information has been sent to the Office of the Attorney General (“AG”) for their review. They have up to 45 business days to issue a ruling. Business days do not include weekends or holidays. TCDA will release some responsive information via a separate email.

Respectfully,

Ramiro “Ram” Gonzalez

Paralegal

Travis County Attorney’s Office

(512) 854-6470

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I myself officially became a permanent resident of the great state of Utah on January 1, 2023.

During the entire time period ever since State Bar of Texas member attorney Jose Garza assumed elective office as Travis County DA on January 1, 2021, my only residential address in Travis County, Texas, was at the gated-community Pebble Creek Apartments complex in northeast Austin.

My bolt-locked solo-occupancy rental apartment unit address at that complex was: 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Building 17, Second Floor, Austin, Texas, 78753.

The signed official lease agreement of mine for that solo-occupancy rental apartment unit was officially terminated by me with written consent from the polite management team for Pebble Creek Apartments effective on a cited day during the first week of January in 2022.

My home phone number during the time period when I resided at Pebble Creek Apartments in Austin was (512) 342-2295.

My cell phone number, after I purchased and obtained my first-ever cell phone in August 2019, was and continues to be: (512) 993-7305.

My primary e-mail address has been the same throughout nearly all of this century so far: mcmillanj@att.net.

My solo-occupancy rental-apartment-unit home address ever since June 1, 2022

535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

My cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

My current home phone: (801) 355-0850.

Thank you in advance for your prompt, very thorough, and authoritative reply letter to me in response to this follow-up Texas Open Records Request of mine to yourself.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

requestor John Kevin McMillan, 535 S. 200 E., Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

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