FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

In the Matter of a Complaint by FINAL DECISION
Matthew Cocco,  
  Complainant  
  against   Docket #FIC 2004-422

State of Connecticut,

University of Connecticut,

Office of the Registrar,

 
  Respondent August 10, 2005
       

            

The above-captioned matter was heard as a contested case on February 28, 2005, at which time the complainant and the respondent appeared, stipulated to certain facts and presented testimony, exhibits and argument on the complaint.  At the conclusion of the hearing, the parties reached a settlement of the complaint on the following terms:

 

1.  The respondent will provide incident report number 6084 within ten days of the hearing on this matter.  

 

2.  If Assistant Dean of Students Bresciano has any witness statements regarding the complainant in her possession, she will provide them within ten days of the hearing on this matter.

 

            3.  If Assistant Dean of Students Bresciano receives any witness statements regarding the complainant, she will provide them to the complainant at least ten days before any disciplinary hearing regarding the complainant.        

 

4.  If the University of Connecticut decides to use any law enforcement records in any disciplinary hearing regarding the complainant, it will provide such records to the complainant at least ten days before such hearing.

 

5.  The respondent has no other documents responsive to the complainant’s request that it has not provided to the complainant.

 

6.  The complainant withdraws his complaint.


The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:

 

            1.  The complaint is dismissed.

 

2.      The parties are commended on their resolution of this matter.

 

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of August 10, 2005.

 

________________________________

Petrea A. Jones

Acting Clerk of the Commission


PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S., THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.

 

THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CASE ARE:

 

Matthew Cocco

c/o Winona Zimberlin, Esq.

Two Congress Street

Hartford, CT 06114-1024

 

State of Connecticut,

University of Connecticut,

Office of the Registrar

c/o Paul S. McCarthy, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General

University of Connecticut

Box U-177

605 Gilbert Road

Storrs, CT 06269-1177

 

 

___________________________________

Petrea A. Jones

Acting Clerk of the Commission

 

 

 

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