Township Council Meeting — Agenda

MRS L 000300-20 05/22/2020 Pg 3 of 16 Trans ID: LCV2020932426 Kelly Montes v. Town of Morristown and Margot Kaye, in her Official Capacity as Records Custodian for the Town of Morristown MRS-L-300-20 STATEMENT OF REASONS I. BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY This matter comes before the Court on fees, filed on April 22, 2020, against Defendants, Town of Morristown and Margot Kaye, in her Official Capacity as Records Custodian for the Town of Morristown . The underlying contends that Defendants wrongly withheld body-worn camera footage of the traffic See Complaint. Plaintiff filed a Verified Complaint and Order to Show Cause on February 5, 2020. The Court granted the Order to Show Cause that same day and scheduled the initial return date on the Order to Show Cause for March 18, 2020. In a letter, dated March 4, 2020, defense counsel informed the Court that Defendants had already provided Plaintiff with the information sought in her OPRA request. On April 14, 2020, the Court denied Pl . The instant motion to pay counsel fees followed, on April 22, 2020. On April 29, 2020, Defendants filed opposition. On May 4, 2020, Plaintiff filed a reply. II. LEGAL ANALYSIS a. OPRA Standard any paper, written or printed book, document, drawing, map, plan, photograph, microfilm, data processed or image processed document, information stored or maintained electronically or by sound-recording or in a similar device, or any copy thereof, that has been made, maintained or kept on file in the course of his or its 3 Pa044