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No. 3--05--0644

Filed February 7, 2007.
IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

A.D., 2007

WILLIAM CALLINAN, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court
) of the 9th Judicial Circuit
Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Fulton County, Illinois
)

v. )
)
PRISONER REVIEW BOARD, )
)
Defendant-Appellee ) 03--MR--07
)
and )

)
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF )
CORRECTIONS, )

) Honorable
Intervening ) Steven R. Bordner
Defendant-Appellee. ) Judge Presiding

PRESIDING JUSTICE LYTTON delivered the Opinion of the Court:

Plaintiff, William Callinan, filed a complaint for declaratory

judgment against defendant Prisoner Review Board pursuant to the

Freedom of Information Act (Act) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (West 2002))

to obtain his parole file.  Defendant Illinois Department of

Corrections intervened, alleging that plaintiff was not entitled to

certain documents contained in his file. The court ordered

defendants to provide plaintiff a copy of his entire parole file.

Plaintiff then filed a petition for attorney fees and costs. The

trial court denied the petition. We reverse and remand.

In 2002, William Callinan was incarcerated at Western Illinois
Correctional Center serving an indeterminate prison sentence.
Prior to a parole hearing, plaintiff

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