Court Finds Injunction Relieved Public Body From Releasing Records Under FOIA
In 2015, Charles Green submitted a FOIA request to the Chicago Police Department seeking all closed complaint register files (CRs) for all Chicago police officers. After CPD failed to respond to the request, Green filed a lawsuit seeking an order directing CPD to release the requested files. However, the requester’s lawsuit was continued, because an injunction entered by another court prohibited CPD from releasing any CR files that were older than four years from the…