State Records Committee Appeal Decision Summaries, 2013-2015
Follow the case number link for the full decision and order.
View decisions and orders from:
Search Decisions and Orders:
Case Number | Case Title/Participants | Records Sought | Ruling |
---|---|---|---|
13-01 | Sandra J. Senn vs. Utah Department of Public Safety |
Order of Continuance | |
13-02 | Cedar Hills Citizens for Responsible Government vs. City of Cedar Hills |
Copies of legal invoices for the City of Cedar Hills. | Appeal Denied |
13-03 | Harshad Desai vs. Utah State Tax Commission |
Personal property audits from Garfield County | Order of Dismissal |
13-04 | Larry Hartlerode vs. Unified Fire Authority of Greater Salt Lake |
Records pertaining to various fire complaints made against his property to the Unified Fire Authority of Greater Salt Lake between October 2011 to November 2012. | Appeal Partly Granted |
13-05 | Phillip Leishman vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Records regarding security clearances granted for another prison inmate. | Appeal Denied |
13-06 | Eric Peterson vs. Utah Attorney General's Office |
Order of Continuance | |
13-07 | Reginald Williams vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Peace Officer Standards and Training (“POST”) records for seven former and current Corrections employees. | Appeal Denied |
13-08 | Eric Peterson vs. Utah Attorney General's Office | Order of Continuance | |
13-09 | Clara Fernanda Ruiz vs. Department of Administrative Services | Records from the Utah Department of Administrative Services pursuant to Utah’s Government Records Access and Management Act. | Appeal Denied |
13-10 | Robert Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune vs. Utah Attorney General's Office |
Copies of any subpoenas for testimony or documents received by the Attorney General’s office or members of the office from federal investigative agencies since April 1, 2013. | Appeal Granted |
13-11 | Corey Vonberg vs. Iron County Sherriff's Office |
Policy and procedure the office is required to follow in investigating an alleged child sex offense requiring a Children’s Justice Center interview, pertaining to November 2003. | Appeal Denied |
13-12 | Colleen Schulte vs. Summit County Attorney's Office |
Records showing all communications between the Summit County Attorney’s Office and Dean Schulte regarding a pending criminal case. | Appeal Denied |
13-13 | Eric Peterson vs. Utah Attorney General's Office |
E-mails, documents, text messages, and other correspondence between employees in the AG’s Office and specified individuals related to the Whitewater VII development investigation | Appeal Partially Granted |
13-14 | Morgan Fife vs. City of Orem |
Documents related to a Request for Proposal prepared by the City of Orem, dated April 18, 2013 | Appeal Denied See also Court Ruling |
13-15 | Roger Bryner vs. City of Cottonwood Heights |
Any documents showing fees of police records, specified GRAMA request responses, and policies of redaction of police records. | Order of Continuance |
13-16 | Mark Shenefelt, Managing Editor for the Standard Examiner vs. Willard City |
A police report and any associated documents regarding an incident occurring at a residence in Willard on June 27, 2013 | Appeal Partially Granted |
13-17 | Damon Crist vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
All disciplinary records of a doctor employed by Corrections working in the Medical Unit of the Draper Prison. | Appeal Denied |
13-18 | Reginald Williams vs. Utah Department of Workforce Services |
First and final bank statements for the American Recovery Reinvestment Act and Development Block Grant. | Appeal Partially Granted |
13-19 | Roger Bryner vs. City of Cottonwood Heights |
Police reports and communications regarding GRAMA requests. | Appeal Partially Granted |
14-01 | William Hill vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Petitioner's Pre-Sentence Investigation Report | Appeal Denied |
14-02 | Lee Davidson, reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune vs. Utah State Tax Commission |
Letters, emails, memos, records of phone calls or other communication from or to the commission and/or its staff from outside parties regarding development of its policy on whether same-sex couples married in other states could file joint returns in Utah. | Appeal Partially Granted |
14-03 | Nate Carlisle, reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune vs. Bluffdale City | Email and other correspondence regarding the National Security Agency (NSA), city agreements to allow the NSA to use water for their facility, and records of daily water usage. | Appeal Granted |
14-04 | Jessica Phillips vs. West Jordan Police Department |
Any video and audio recording from patrol vehicle dashboards of officers who responded to the scene of the petitioner’s DUI arrest, plus any video of the room in which the intoxilyzer was administered or other rooms in which the petitioner was held. | Appeal Granted |
14-05 | Lynn Kenneth Packer vs. Utah Attorney General's Office and the Utah Department of Administrative Services |
Vehicle fleet records pertaining to vehicles assigned to employees who are investigators for the Utah Attorney General Office | Appeal Denied |
14-06 | Corey Vonberg vs. Iron County Attorney's Office |
Records which identify Shawn R. Keith as a confidential informant. | Appeal Denied |
14-07 | Sam Allen vs. Eagle Mountain City |
Fee waiver for credit card statements and other records received from Eagle Mountain City | Appeal Partially Granted |
14-08 | Jack Jessop vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Records of all information sheets from the prescription drug manufacturers that accompanied the prescriptions petitioner was receiving while incarcerated by Corrections. | Appeal Denied |
14-09 | Justin Crosbie vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
All office and field notes entered by an agent regarding Mr. Crosbie, progress reports, as well as polygraph and PPG results, a copy of a warrant request and a parole violation report to the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, all government cell phone records, including pictures and e-mails generated by Mr. Crosbie’s parole agent, and all outgoing and incoming e-mails by Mr. Crosbie’s parole agent from 2011 to the present. | Appeal Denied |
14-10 | Corey Vonberg vs. Iron County Attorney's Office |
Record identifying the date Respondent disposed of its case file for State v. Keith, Case No. 025501031, Fifth District Court, Iron County, State of Utah. | Appeal Denied |
14-11 | Cathy Johnson vs. Utah Lieutanant Governor's Office |
Notary log. | Appeal Denied |
14-12 | Raymond Payne vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Fee waiver to obtain a copy of the Corrections’ Policy FD01 Offender Discipline Procedures. | Appeal Denied |
14-13 | Dennis J. Garcia vs. Utah Board of Pardons |
Records that reflect the vote of the members of the Board of Pardons on a restitution order. | Appeal Denied |
14-14 | Alex Campbell, reporter with Buzzfeed, Inc. vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
A database of all inmates currently housed in the Utah Department of Corrections, including but not limited to: inmate name, inmate number, date of birth, conviction and/or sentence date, offense(s), and sentence length.” Petitioner also requested a fee waiver. | Appeal Partially Granted |
14-15 | Harshad Desai vs. Garfield County School District |
Fee waiver or a reduction of fees. | Appeal Partially Granted |
14-16 | Julie Holbrook vs. South Jordan City Council |
A copy of a letter engaging auditors to review Mulligans Golf and Games, and the draft audit report discussed at the July 1, 2014 Council meeting. | Appeal Denied |
14-17 | Scott Gollaher vs. Morgan County |
Any subpoenas served on a police detective in two criminal cases where Mr. Gollaher is the Defendant. | Appeal Granted |
14-18 | Truth in Advertising, Inc. vs. Department of Commerce. Division of Consumer Protection |
Records regarding any investigations and consumer complaints relating to a Utah Company, "Wake Up Now." | Appeal Denied |
14-19 | Daniel Rivera, Jr. vs. Department of Human Services, Division of Child and Family Services |
Copies of police reports and records related to a police raid at petitioner's residence on October 28, 2011. | Appeal Denied |
14-20 | Truth in Advertising Inc. vs. Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Consumer Protection |
Copies of consumer complaints filed concerning certain named companies. | Appeal Granted |
14-21 | Jordanelle Special Services District vs. Office of the Utah State Auditor |
Documents and other records, including all communication between the Office if the Utah State Auditor and any other person, that relate to the “Standstill Agreement”. | Appeal Denied |
15-01 | Harshad P. Desai vs. Garfield County |
Records relating to the appraisals, the individual appraisers and their credentials to appraise properties. | Appeal Denied |
15-02 | Harshad P. Desai vs. Utah State Tax Commission |
Records relating to individual property appraisers, licensing and the appraisers' credentials to appraise specific properties. | Appeal Denied |
15-03 | Paul G. Amann vs. Department of Human Resource Management |
A copy of a complaint filed against the Petitioner by an employee of the Utah Department of Commerce alleging “workplace harassment.” Also, all records used to support the complaint, and all communications: (1) To and from the Utah Division of Securities (“Securities”) employees regarding the complaint; (2) Between Securities and the Utah Attorney General’s Office regarding the complaint; and (3) Between the complainant and DHRM. | Appeal Granted |
15-04 | Maximino Arriaga vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Itemized copies of medical bills for medical services provided to another inmate whom Mr. Arriaga had been found guilty of assaulting the previous year. | Appeal Denied |
15-05 | Scott Gollaher vs. Department of Public Safety, Division of Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) |
Information pertaining to the possible disciplinary action(s) taken against former Detective William Z. Wetland, Badge No.: 20911, with relation to a conference held in Mesquite, Nevada during the week of September 24, 2012. | Appeal Denied |
15-06 | Scott Gollaher vs. Utah Attorney General's Office Criminal Division |
Records received from the Salt Lake Police Department, police, staff or agency relating to petitioner, with specific focus on "all video, photos, records and recordings taken by Detective Suzanne Williams" executed on or about July 13, 2012. | Appeal Denied |
15-07 | Scott Gollaher vs. Weber County Sheriff's Office |
Records regarding a search warrant relating to petitioner and executed on or about July 13, 2012. | Appeal Granted |
15-08 | Scott Gollaher vs. Morgan County Attorney's Office |
All photos, video, records created by Weber County Sheriff’s Office in relationship to the search warrant executed at a specific address on or about July 13, 2012. | Appeal Denied |
15-09 | Paul Amann vs. Utah Department of Human Resource Management |
Order of Continuance | |
15-10 | Harshad P. Desai vs. Panguitch City |
List of vendors in relation to the Panguitch City Balloon Festival as well as minutes from a June 24, 2014, meeting with Cheryl Church, manager of an organization known as Panguitch Main Street Committee. | Appeal Denied |
15-11 | Thomas Dudley Beck vs. Bluff Water Works Special Service District |
Water usage data from 2007 through 2014. | Appeal Granted |
15-12 | Heather Gardner vs. Utah State Office of Education |
Appeal Dismissed | |
15-13 | Richard J. Garcia vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Transportation records from 7-8-14 to present containing all transportation departures, returns, dates, time, and policy regarding restraints. | Appeal Denied |
15-14 | Daniel Rivera Jr. vs. Utah Attorney General's Office |
Search warrant, Police Reports, Probable Cause Affidavit, CI Statements, Witness Reports from neighbors etc., Statements of Children if any, any and all DCFS statements, petitions, [and] motions filed related to a police raid at petitioner's residence and related to DCFS case #030116813. | Appeal Denied |
15-15 | Swen Heimberg vs. Peace Officer Standards and Training |
All investigative files since 2010 that included an allegation under Utah Code § 53-6-211(1)(d), which is conduct that is a state or federal criminal offence, excluding minor traffic offenses. | Appeal Denied |
15-16 | Paul Amann vs. Department of Human Resource Management |
Complaint filed against petitioner by an employee of the Utah Department of Commerce alleging workplace harassment. | Appeal Denied/ Overturned by 3rd District Court Ruling |
15-17 | Nate Carlisle, Salt Lake Tribune vs. Utah Attorney General's Office |
All incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning Cameron Noel originating in 2014 or 2015 including, but not limited to, letters, emails, text messages and instant messaging programs, and the letter deputizing Troy Rawlings to consider criminal charges against Cameron Noel and any related instructions to Mr. Rawlings. | Appeal Partly Granted |
15-18 | Karl Losee vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
All e-mail messages between March 6, 2014, and January 9, 2015, generated by specified Corrections’ employees regarding petitioner. | Appeal Denied |
15-19 | Patrick Sullivan vs. Utah Department of Corrections, Clinical Services |
Records allegedly held by respondent. | Appeal Denied |
15-20 | Kevin Opsahl, The Herald Journal vs. Utah State University |
All contracts between Maverik and Utah State University related to the corporate sponsorship and renaming of Romney Stadium. | Appeal Granted |
15-21 | Jason Behar vs. Department of Human Resource Management |
All records the State of Utah has with petitioner's name on it. | Appeal Partly Granted |
15-22 | Gray Smith vs. Cottonwood Heights City |
Audio of April 9 Board of Adjustment meeting and copies and records of detailed inquiries and investigations of the City’s determination of alleged improper communications of Giverny appeal. | Appeal Denied |
15-23 | Jamis Johnson vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Detailed field notes and emails sent and received by Adult Probation and Parole officers wherein petitioner was the subject matter of the records. | Appeal Denied |
15-24 | Michael Clára vs. Salt Lake City School District |
Information in reference to the deployment of Salt Lake City Police Department personnel at the Salt Lake City Board of Education meetings. | Appeal Dismissed |
15-25 | Tracy Taylor vs. Wasatch County School District |
Emails between the board, superintendent, and the business administrator in the last year; improvements to the pool at TIS in the last 7 years, and how much; and total cost of curriculum books, broken down by grades and years, for the entire district from 2000-2007. |
Appeal Denied |
15-26 | Richard Parks vs. Utah Division of Consumer Protection |
A copy of the investigative report on Case #83905, and all notes and recorded phone calls concerning a complaint petitioner had filed with Consumer Protection on November 10, 2014. | Appeal Partially Granted |
15-27 | Roger Bryner vs. Clearfield City |
Copies of radio logs, video and audio from patrol vehicle dashboard cameras, evidence logs, manuals, inventory logs, and database entries from 12:00 AM to 4:00 AM on June 3, 2015. | Appeal Denied |
15-27 (Remand) | Roger Bryner vs. Clearfield City |
Copies of radio logs, video and audio from patrol vehicle dashboard cameras, evidence logs, manuals, inventory logs, and database entries from 12:00 AM to 4:00 AM on June 3, 2015. | Appeal Denied/ Court upheld ruling |
15-28 | Paul Amann vs. Utah Attorney General's Office |
Employee records, including any and all communications regarding the hiring of the attorney who replaced Mr. Amann at the AG’s Office as assigned legal counsel to the Utah Division of Securities. | Appeal Denied/ Overturned by 3rd District Court Ruling |
15-29 | Scott Gollaher vs. Morgan County Attorney's Office |
The record or receipt by the Morgan County Attorney's Office of the 5 colored photos emailed that were sent to Mr. Gollaher on March 29, 2015, in relationship to the search warrant executed at a specific address on or about July 13, 2012. In addition, Mr. Gollaher requested receipt and/or record of the October 11, 2013, Children's Justice Center interview on DVD that was sent to Mr. Gollaher on May 6, 2015, via postal mail by Morgan County Attorney's Office. | Appeal Denied |
15-30 | Nestor Gallo vs. Provo City Housing Authority |
1) A staff report or documentation related to the increase of the Executive Director Compensation reviewed and approved by the Provo City Housing Authority Boardmeeting dated Wednesday December 17 2014, plus the audio files. 2) Saint Francis Apartment project: Copies of the bid schedule including unit prices, quantity take offs and general contractor's contact information and copies of all the change orders including unit prices 3) Ekin Project: a) Copy of the project bid schedule with unit quantity take offs from all the contractors b) Contractors' name and contact information. 4) A copy of the section of the PCHA code stating that the location of a net play pen is a violation to some form of code, and copy of the audio files from February 25, 2015 PCHA Board public meeting. |
Appeal Granted |
15-31 | Kurt Bailey vs. Perry City Police Department |
All written reports, notes and video for a specific citation that occurred on July 18, 2015 | Appeal Granted |
15-32 | John Rice vs. Utah Department of Corrections |
Records obtained during petitioner's background investigation, and all records relating to discussions regarding previous employment, including what statements were made, and by whom. | Appeal Partially Granted |
15-33 | Patrick Sullivan vs. Utah Department of Insurance, Fraud Division |
Email messages or text messages, sent or received by certain individuals where petitioner was the subject, or relating to certain cases. | Appeal Partially Granted |
15-34 | Robert Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune vs. Utah Attorney General's Office |
Copies of the file of any closed investigation conducted into San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman within the last five years. | Appeal Granted |
Page Last Updated January 31, 2022 .