I am working on the response to your request.  Can you please clarify what
"ACA" stands for in your request?  This is a common acronym.
Amy Doherty
On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM Anon OPRA
<[1][OPRA #70909 email]> wrote:

Dear Middletown School District,

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.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:
-Initial and in-force contract for Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC
legal services for Middletown School district
-please include the date for which Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC
began providing services for Middletown School district
-Start date for Bruce Padula to start working for Middletown
-Information regarding any court cases by which Bruce Padula represented
Middletown BOE or BOE members against the ACA and/or Garden State
Equality

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.
Thanks!

Yours faithfully,

Anon OPRA

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Anonymous:
In response to your OPRA request dated 1/20/2025, I have attached the
following documents:
 - Initial and current service contracts for Cleary, Giacobbe Alfieri and
Jacobs, LLC.  The initial contract reflects the start date for Bruce
Padula's services.
Please note that OPRA requests are required to be requests for documents,
not for information.
This concludes my response to this request.
On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM Anon OPRA
<[1][OPRA #70909 email]> wrote:

Dear Middletown School District,

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.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:
-Initial and in-force contract for Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC
legal services for Middletown School district
-please include the date for which Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC
began providing services for Middletown School district
-Start date for Bruce Padula to start working for Middletown
-Information regarding any court cases by which Bruce Padula represented
Middletown BOE or BOE members against the ACA and/or Garden State
Equality

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.
Thanks!

Yours faithfully,

Anon OPRA

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MTPS are obtainable by any person who files a request under the NJ Open
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Anonymous:
As I stated in my response, OPRA requests are requests for documents, not
information.  You can submit a revised request if necessary.
Amy Doherty
On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM Anon OPRA
<[1][OPRA #70909 email]> wrote:

Dear Amy P Doherty,
Hi Amy, my apologies! It should say "ACLU" and not "ACA". Thank you so
much.

Yours sincerely,

Anon OPRA

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Anonymous:
 In response to your OPRA request dated 1/20/2025, I have attached the
 following documents:
  - Initial and current service contracts for Cleary, Giacobbe Alfieri
and
 Jacobs, LLC.  The initial contract reflects the start date for Bruce
 Padula's services.
 Please note that OPRA requests are required to be requests for
documents,
 not for information.
 This concludes my response to this request.

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Hello:
Please utilize our OPRA form or include the necessary certification
language in your request.  Here is a link to the form on our website:
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/[1]https://www.middletownk12.org/uploaded/B...
Amy Doherty
On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM Anon OPRA
<[2][OPRA #70909 email]> wrote:

Dear Amy P Doherty,

My apologies, I am very sorry. I realize that was far too broad.

Records requested:
-. PDF copy of Initial and in-force contract for Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri
Jacobs, LLC legal services for Middletown School district
-please include the date for which Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC
began providing services for Middletown School district-

-pdf copy of Contract or SOW that indicated Start date for Bruce Padula
to start working for Middletown school district as member of Padula Law
Group
-pdf copy of Contract or SOW that indicated Start date for Bruce Padula
to start working for Middletown school district as member of Clearly
Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs LLC
-contracts and/or agreements regarding any court cases by which Bruce
Padula represented Middletown BOE or BOE members against the American
Civil Liveries Union and/or Garden State Equality
-Documentation that includes status of court cases which Bruce Padula is
representing Middletown BOE of BOE members against the ACLU (American
civil liberties union) and/or Garden State Equality

Yours sincerely,

Anon OPRA

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Anonymous:
 As I stated in my response, OPRA requests are requests for documents,
not
 information.  You can submit a revised request if necessary.
 Amy Doherty

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