Terry COUSINS, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Washington and Department of Corrections, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 16, 2024.
Filed: April 11, 2024.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph Robert Shaeffer , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, 705 2nd Ave., Ste. 1500, Seattle, WA, 98104-1745, Timothy Kent Ford , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, 705 2nd Ave., Ste. 1500, Seattle, WA, 98104-1746, for Petitioner.
Emma Sarah Grunberg , Wash. Attorney General's Office, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Cassie B. vanRoojen , Wash. Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington St., Se, P.O. Box 40116, Olympia, WA, 98504-0116, for Respondent.
Munia Farhana Jabbar, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP, 705 2nd Ave., Ste. 1200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1798, Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Attorney at Law, 705 2nd Ave., Ste. 1050, Seattle, WA, 98104-1759, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Association.
La Rond Baker, Sagiv Galai, American Civil Liberties Union of Wash., P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.
Nicholas Broten Straley, King County Superior Court, 516 3rd Ave., Rm. C701, Seattle, WA, 98104-2381, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Columbia Legal Services.
Eric Stahl, Jennifer Chung, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 920 5th Ave., Ste. 3300, Seattle, WA, 98104-1610, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington COAlition for Open Government.
Ramsey E. Ramerman, City of Everett, 2930 Wetmore Ave., Everett, WA, 98201-4067, Duncan McGehee Greene, Van Ness Feldman LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 1800, Seattle, WA, 98101-2996, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.
Sara J. Di Vittorio, Snohomish County PUD, P.O. Box 1107, Everett, WA, 98206-1107, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of County Officials, Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.
YU, J.
¶1 This case concerns Terry Cousins' efforts to obtain public records pertaining to her sister, who died in the custody of the Department of Corrections (DOC). Cousins commenced this action in January 2021, alleging that DOC's response to her public records request violated the Public Records Act (PRA), ch. 42.56 RCW. We must decide...
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