SPRAGUE—A Langley man is alleging that the city didn’t respond to a public records request he filed in September. Eric Hood filed a civil suit against the city Thursday, March 16, claiming the city didn’t respond to an email request for records regarding a previous lawsuit Hood filed.
According to court filings, Hood emailed the city Wednesday, Sept. 14 asking for records of “all costs, including attorney invoices related to the lawsuit Eric Hood v. City of Sprague.”
After not repeating the response, he repeated his request Friday, Sept. 23, according to documents.
Hood alleged he received no response within five business days and didn’t receive a “bounceback” or “error” message in response to his inquiries, according to records.
He also claimed he communicated with the city using City Hall’s email address without issue in the past, according to documents.
Hood is asking the court to rule that the city must produce all documents he allegedly requested, all costs associated with legal action and a monetary penalty awarded to Hood for “each day (he) was denied the right to inspect and copy each record requested,” according to records.
The city didn’t return a request for comment by press time.
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