Lawsuit filed by Matthew Howard vs. Howell township
Dear Howell Township,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
Records requested: I am seeking documents associated with lawsuit Howard vs. Howell township
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
William pitzner
Good afternoon,
Your OPRA request has been refused as it overly broad, you have not stated the specific documents you are requesting. A custodian is not required to research files to figure out which records, if any, might be responsive to a broad and unclear OPRA request. See Donato v. Township of Union.
Additionally, you have not answered the third certification in your request. I have attached a copy of the form so that you can see what is missing.
Please update your request and resubmit to [Howell Township request email]
Thank you.
Jill Abernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241