Opinion ID: 2376955
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 18

Heading: Number of Records

Text: ¶ 66 The trial court divided the documents into two records, one pertaining to Justice Sanders's PRA request itself and one pertaining to the CJC complaint against Justice Sanders and the ensuing investigation. CP at 1847. Justice Sanders argues that dividing the documents into two records was unprincipled. The documents were created at separate times and have content relevant to different matters. Furthermore, they were produced in four batches. He maintains that there should be more than two records. ¶ 67 In Yousoufian I, the trial court grouped the documents withheld into 10 records based on time of production and subject matter. 152 Wash.2d at 427, 98 P.3d 463. We approved of this grouping and held that a trial court has discretion not to impose penalties for each wrongfully withheld document individually. Id. at 435-36, 98 P.3d 463. Here, the trial court interpreted the PRA request as seeking two records, as grouped broadly by subject matter. This is consistent with the discretion we elucidated in Yousoufian I.