State Records Committee · No. 23-60
Office of the Utah State Treasurer v. Brady Eames
Granted Vexatious Requester- Forum
- State Records Committee
- Case number
- No. 23-60
- Motion decided
- Nov 28, 2023
- Outcome
- Granted
- Relief
- 7 months
- Requests at issue
- 43 year-to-date, against 8 from the next most frequent requester; 19 pending
- Conduct at issue
- State deposits, investments, public-official bonds
What the court held
- The first order issued under the provision.
- The committee weighed request volume, confusing and duplicative formatting, and a pattern of appealing fee decisions then withdrawing near the hearing.
- It declined to credit the agency's evidence of hostile communications, which rested on uncorroborated testimony.
- Seven months granted rather than the twelve requested.