July 25, 2006

Mr. Craig Magnuson
City Attorney
City of Mansfield
1305 East Broad Street
Mansfield, Texas 76063

OR2006-08017

Re: Request for information regarding report number 06063010

Dear Mr. Magnuson:

The Office of the Attorney General has received your request for a ruling and assigned your request ID# 259038.

After reviewing your arguments and the submitted information, we have determined that your request does not present a novel or complex issue. Thus, we are addressing your claims in a memorandum opinion. You claim that the submitted information may be withheld from the requestor pursuant to section 552.108(a)(1) of the Government Code. We have considered your arguments and the submitted information and have determined that in accordance with section 552.108(a)(1) you may withhold the submitted information. However, you must release the basic information pursuant to section 552.108(c), except for an arrestee's social security number if any, which is confidential under section 552.147 of the Government Code.⁽¹⁾

For more information on the cited exception, as well as information on the rights and obligations of governmental bodies and requestors, please refer to open government information contained on the Office of the Attorney General website at www.oag.state.tx.us. You may also contact our Open Government Hotline at 1-877-OPENTEX.

Enc: Submitted documents

cc: Patrick Randolph
KDFW Fox Television
400 North Griffin Street
Dallas, Texas 75202
(w/o enclosures)

Denise Petty
NBC5/KXAS-TV
3900 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75219
(w/o enclosures)

Brenda Van Sickle
WB33 News
8001 John W. Carpenter Frwy.
Dallas, Texas 75247
(w/o enclosures)

Jeff Mosier
dallasnews.com
1000 Avenue H East
Arlington, Texas 76011
(w/o enclosures)

Lance Conrad
WFAA-TV
1200 Summit, Suite 102
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(w/o enclosures)

Norris Deajon
WB33 News
8001 John Carpenter Frwy.
Dallas, Texas 75247
(w/o enclosures)

Gary W. Daniels
Fox 4 News
1200 Summit Avenue, #840
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(w/o enclosures)

Nathaniel Jones
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
400 West 7^th
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(w/o enclosures)

Ellie Hogue
WBAP News
2221 E. Lamar Blvd. Ste. 300
Arlington, Texas 76006
(w/o enclosures)

Nicholas Sakelaris
Mansfield News-Mirror
P.O. Box 337
Mansfield, Texas 76063
(w/o enclosures)

Footnotes

1. We note that the submitted information includes court documents. Information filed with a court is generally a matter of public record and may not be withheld from disclosure. Gov't Code § 552.022(a)(17); Star-Telegram, Inc. v. Walker, 834 S.W.2d 54 (Tex. 1992). Thus, if the information has been filed with a court, you must release the information.
 

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