Title: Stanley F. Boyd v. Hon. Tom Keith, Circuit Judge

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

Stanley Frank BOYD v. Honorable Tom KEITH

97-991                                             ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
               Opinion delivered November 20, 1997


Mandamus -- petition granted -- respondent required to act upon 
     petitioner's request. -- The supreme court granted
     petitioner's requested writ of mandamus to require that the
     circuit court act upon petitioner's Freedom of Information Act
     request for copies of records allegedly in the files of the
     circuit court. 


     Petition for Writ of Mandamus; granted.
     Appellant, pro se.
     No response.

     Per Curiam.
     Petitioner Stanley Frank Boyd, a prisoner in the Arkansas
Department of Correction, states that on April 2, 1997, he filed a
Freedom of Information Act request with the Honorable Tom Keith,
Carroll County Circuit Judge.  The request sought copies of records
allegedly in the files of the Circuit Court.  The matter apparently
remains pending before the Circuit Court.  Petitioner Boyd seeks a
writ of mandamus to cause Judge Keith to grant his request.
     The Attorney General, on behalf of Judge Keith, has responded
by denying that the request has merit rather than addressing the
Circuit Court's failure to act on the request.
     The writ of mandamus is granted to require only that the
Circuit Court act upon the request of Mr. Boyd.