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 FIC2012-034
In the Matter of a Complaint by
FINAL DECISION
Alex Velez,
     Complainant
     against
Docket #FIC 2012-034
Lieutenant A. Martin, Property Liaison
Officer, State of Connecticut, Department
of Correction; and State of Connecticut,
Department of Correction,
     Respondents
November 14, 2012

     The above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard as a contested case on September 20, 2012, at which time the respondents appeared.  However, the complainant, who is incarcerated and must appear via teleconference, could not be persuaded by staff of the respondent department to come to the telephone and participate in the hearing.
     The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:
     1.  The complaint is hereby dismissed with prejudice.
Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of November 14, 2012.
__________________________
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:
Alex Velez #225611
Bridgeport Correctional Institution
1106 North Avenue
Bridgeport, CT  06604
Lieutenant A. Martin, Property Liaison
Officer, State of Connecticut, Department
of Correction; and State of Connecticut,
Department of Correction
c/o Nancy Kase O’Brasky, Esq.
State of Connecticut,
Department of Correction
24 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, CT  06109
____________________________
Cynthia A. Cannata
Acting Clerk of the Commission
FIC/2012-034/FD/cac/11/14/2012