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OCME 2012-13

Thursday, December 15, 2011
Reference: 
2012-13

Summary:

Request for records with respect to an unidentified decedent and for processing two decedents. There is an insufficient privacy interest, here of the family members. There is a sufficient privacy interest with respect to inquiries regarding errors in employee processing of bodies, not outweighed by the public interest.

Exemption/Issue:

DC Official Code § 2-534(a)(2) (privacy)

Disposition:

Upheld in part and reversed and remanded in part.