Holtz v. Waggoner

State: Illinois

Court: 5th District Appellate

Docket No: 5-06-0239 Rel

Case Date: 11/21/2007

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NOTICE Decision filed 11/21/07. The text of this decision may be changed or corrected prior to the filing of a Peti tion for Rehearing or th e

IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

FIFTH DISTRICT ___________________________________________________________________________ RONALD HOLTZ, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Clinton County. ) v. ) No. 04-MR-114 ) STEPHANIE WAGGONER, Records ) Office Supervisor, Centralia Correctional ) Center, and ROBYN HEADLEY, Medical ) Records Supervisor, Centralia Correctional ) Center, ) Honorable ) William J. Becker, Defendants-Appellants. ) Judge, presiding. ___________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiff, Ronald Holtz, filed a complaint for mandamus in the circuit court of Clinton County. The court dismissed the complaint on the motion of defendants, Stephanie

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Waggoner, records office supervisor at Centralia Correctional Center, and Robyn Headley, medical records supervisor at Centralia Correctional Center. The court later entered an order awarding plaintiff costs for filing the complaint. On appeal, defendants argue that the award of costs was not authorized by statute. W e reverse. FACTS Plaintiff is incarcerated at the Centralia Correctional Center. Plaintiff requested his medical records from defendants, and the photocopies he received in response had portions of two pages deleted. Plaintiff then filed a complaint for mandamus against defendants for a failure to provide the complete records. Plaintiff alleged that the failure to provide complete records would hinder his pursuit of an unrelated legal matter. Plaintiff asked the

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court to order defendants to provide a complete copy of the records and reimburse him for expenses incurred due to the litigation. Plaintiff stated that he had requested the medical records from defendants pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Code (20 Ill. Adm. Code

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