S-14-0676, Mark Pettit (appellee) v. Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (appellant)

Lancaster County, Hon. Steven D. Burns.

Attorneys: Robert B. Creager (Anderson, Creager & Wittstruck) (appellee); Jon Bruning and James D. Smith (Attorney General's office) (appellant).

Civil: documents request under ' 83-178

Proceedings below: Mark Pettit, appellee, brought this case in the district court for Lancaster County seeking to obtain documents in the physical possession of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS), appellant. The district court determined that there was good cause to allow Pettit access to the documents and ordered DCS to allow Pettit access to them. DCS appeals.

Issue: DCS assigns that the district court erred when it ordered DCS to permit Pettit to inspect, examine, and reproduce the documents made by John Joubert.