FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

In the Matter of a Complaint by FINAL DECISION
Anthony W. Oliphant,  
  Complainant  
  against   Docket #FIC 2008-789

Thomas Wydra, Chief, Police Department,

Town of Hamden; and Police Department,

Town of Hamden,

 
  Respondents November 18, 2009
       

           

The above-captioned matter was heard as a contested case on September 10, 2009, at which time the complainant and the respondents appeared, stipulated to certain facts and presented testimony, exhibits and argument on the complaint.   The complainant, who is incarcerated, appeared via teleconference, pursuant to the January 2004 memorandum of understanding between the Commission and the Department of Correction.  See  Docket No. CV 03-0826293, Anthony Sinchak v. FOIC et al, Superior Court, J.D. of Hartford at Hartford, Corrected Order dated January 27, 2004 (Sheldon, J.). 

 

At the hearing, the respondent agreed to provide all the records requested by the complainant that had been withheld, and the complainant agreed to withdraw the complaint when he received the records.

 

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 for reaching a settlement of the complaint.

 

 

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of November 18, 2009.

 

 

____________________________

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:

 

Anthony W. Oliphant, #139521

Northern Correctional Institution

287 Bilton Road

PO Box 665

Somers, CT 06071-0665

 

Thomas Wydra, Chief, Police Department,

Town of Hamden; and Police Department,

Town of Hamden

c/o Susan Gruen, Esq.

Office of the Town Attorney

2750 Dixwell Avenue

Hamden, CT 06518

 

 

 

____________________________

Petrea A. Jones

Acting Clerk of the Commission

 

 

 

 

 

 

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