Due to public health concerns, CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS scheduled for the weeks of March 16 and March 23 are POSTPONED. The regular meeting of the FOI Commission scheduled for March 25, 2020, is CANCELED.

Final Decision FIC2015-064
In the Matter of a Complaint by
FINAL DECISION
A. Paul Spinella,
     Complainant
     against
Docket #FIC 2015-064
Commissioner, State of Connecticut,
Department of Correction; and State of
Connecticut, Department of Correction,
     Respondents
September 24, 2015

     The above-captioned matter was heard as a contested case on June 15, 2015, at which time the complainant and the respondents appeared, stipulated to certain facts and presented testimony, exhibits and argument on the complaint. 
 
     Based upon an agreement reached at the hearing, the respondents provided the complainant with the records responsive to the request that was at issue in this appeal and the complainant indicated at the hearing on this matter that he wished to withdraw his complaint.

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

     1. Based on the complainant’s withdrawal, the complaint is hereby dismissed.
Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of September 24, 2015.

__________________________
Cynthia A. Cannata
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:
A. Paul Spinella
One Lewis Street
Hartford, CT  06103
Commissioner, State of Connecticut, Department of Correction;
and State of Connecticut, Department of Correction
c/o James Neil, Esq.
24 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, CT  06109

____________________________
Cynthia A. Cannata
Acting Clerk of the Commission

FIC/2015-064/FD/cac/9/24/2015