State of Connecticut

DIVISION OF PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES OFFICE OF CHIEF PUBLIC DEFENDER DEBORAH DEL PRETE SULLIVAN 30 TRINITY STREET - 4th Floor LEGAL COUNSEL, DIRECTOR HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 (860) 509-6405 Telephone (860) 509-6495 Fax deborah.d.sullivan@jud.ct.gov

April 1, 2014 Paul Boyne paboyne@gmail.com Re: Request dated 3-8-14 and received 3-10-14 – Final Response Dear Mr. Boyne: Please be advised that as Legal Counsel to this agency I represent this agency. Pursuant to your request, I respond as follows:

(1) “Please provide billing by Susan Hamilton on the Boyne matter covering Aug ’12 to Jan ’14.”

GRANTED – Please see attached. Note: Redactions have been made as to information contained which is not responsive to the request. Please provide payment pursuant to C.G.S. §1-212 in the amount of $5.25 (21 pages at .25 per page) payable to the Public Defender Services Commission at this address. Once payment has been received, a copy will be provided to you.

On March 18, 2018, you further requested “discovery” of Susan Hamilton’s GAL file. Pursuant to your request under FOI, I respond as follows:

DENIED – This office does not have custody of the file that you have requested. I have taken the liberty of contacting Susan Hamilton regarding your request. You may wish to have your attorney direct your request to Attorney Hamilton.

Very truly yours, Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Legal Counsel, Director

State of Connecticut

DIVISION OF PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES OFFICE OF CHIEF PUBLIC DEFENDER DEBORAH Del PRETE SULLIVAN 30 TRINITY STREET - 4th Floor LEGAL COUNSEL, DIRECTOR HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 deborah.d.sullivan@jud.ct.gov (860) 509-6405 Telephone (860) 509-6495 Fax

May 3, 2013 Paul Boyne [paboyne@gmail.com] Re: Freedom of Information email request dated May 3, 2013 sent at 11:06 a.m. Dear Mr. Boyne: Please be advised that as Legal Counsel, I represent this agency. This letter shall office acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request dated May 3, 2013 sent at 11:06 a.m. via email to this office. A fee of $.25 per copy of any document or record to be provided has been assessed by this agency pursuant to C.G.S. §1-212. Prepayment of fees will be required prior to providing copies of any public documents. A fee of $.75 has been assessed for the 3 records you have requested. Once this payment has been received, those records will be provided to you as follows:

1. “The application of payment by Darren for work under Susie's contract covering 8/14/12, 12/20/12 and 12/24/12.” Granted in part – There are 3 records which will be provided upon payment of the fee as assessed and indicated.

Page 2 of 2 May 3, 2013 Re: Freedom of Information email request dated May 3, 2013 sent at 11:06 a.m.

Denied in part – as to those attachments to the 3 records referred to as these records list case specific information and such records:

a) are not public records; b) are not administrative records; c) are exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(1); d) are exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(2); e) are exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(3); f) are exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(4); g) are exempt if subject to C.G.S. §54-142c; and, h) are exempt pursuant to Clerk of the Superior Court, GA 7 v. FOIC, 278

Conn. 28 (2006); Valvo v. Chief Court Administrator, FIC 2007-313; and, Kacey Lewis v. Division of Public Defender Services, FIC #2010-350.

2. “The document showing the date and amount of payment to Darren under

Susie's contract provided from/ to Darren under said contract, covering periods in 1, above.”

Granted – There are 3 records which are the same records as indicated in the response to request #1 which are responsive to the request and which will be provided upon payment of the fee as assessed.

Very truly yours, Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Legal Counsel, Director

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From: Paul Boyne [mailto:paboyne@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 11:19 AM To: Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) Cc: Rapillo, Christine (Public Defenders); Susan Hamilton Subject: GAL Invoices (FOIA)!

Hi!Deb,!

Would!you!be!so!kind!as!to!accept!this!FOIA!request!for!the!invoices!for!the!court!ordered!GAL!appointment!of!one!Susan!I.!Hamilton,!Esq.!!!She!was!appointed!by!Calmar,!J.!out!of!Middletown!in!early!August!on!case!HHD!FA!05!4018463!S!!Boyne!v.!Boyne.!!She!was!appointed!at!state!rates!to!be!paid!by!the!state.!

I!have!asked!Attorney!Hamilton!for!her!timesheets!but!she!refuses!to!communicate.!!Sorry!to!send!you!through!this!FOIA!exercise.!

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To: Paul Boyne!From: Deborah Del Prete Sullivan! Legal Counsel/Executive Assistant Public Defender!Re: Freedom of Information Request – November 19, 2012!Date: November 19, 2012! !Dear Mr. Boyne:! !I respond now to your Freedom of Information request received via email as follows:! ! 1. “the invoices for the court ordered GAL appointment of one Susan I. Hamilton, Esq. She was appointed by Calmar, J. out of Middletown in early August on case HHD FA 05 4018463 S, Boyne v. Boyne. She was

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appointed at state rates to be paid by the state.”! ! DENIED – The information you have requested:! ! (1) is not a public record;! (2) is not an administrative record;! (3) is exempt as privileged by the attorney-client relationship pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b) (10);! (4) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(3);! (5) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(4);! (6) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §46b-122, §46b-124 and §46b-129;! (7) is exempt as it is the work product of an attorney or attorneys;! (8) is confidential pursuant to the Rules of Professional Conduct, 1.6 – Confidentiality;! (9) is protected by the deliberative process privilege; and,! (10) is confidential and privileged pursuant to section 12 of P.A. 11-51.! ! !Very truly yours,! !Deborah Del Prete Sullivan!Legal Counsel/Executive Assistant Public Defender!Office of Chief Public Defender!30 Trinity Street, 4th floor!Hartford, CT 06106!860 509-6405 (tel. #)!860 509-6495 (fax #) On!Mon,!Nov!19,!2012!at!11:29!AM,!Sullivan,!Deborah!D!(Public!

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Defenders)!<Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov>!wrote:!Mr. Boyne –! !Please see this agency’s response below.! !Deborah Del Prete Sullivan!Legal Counsel/Executive Assistant Public Defender!Office of Chief Public Defender!30 Trinity Street, 4th floor!Hartford, CT 06106!860 509-6405 (tel. #)!860 509-6495 (fax #)!!---------! !To: Paul Boyne!From: Deborah Del Prete Sullivan! Legal Counsel/Executive Assistant Public Defender!Re: Freedom of Information Request – November 19, 2012!Date: November 19, 2012! !Dear Mr. Boyne:! !I respond now to your Freedom of Information request received via email as follows:! ! 1. “the invoices for the court ordered GAL appointment of one Susan I. Hamilton, Esq. She was appointed by Calmar, J. out of Middletown in early August on case HHD FA 05 4018463 S, Boyne v. Boyne. She was appointed at state rates to be paid by the state.”! !

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DENIED – The information you have requested:! ! (1) is not a public record;! (2) is not an administrative record;! (3) is exempt as privileged by the attorney-client relationship pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b) (10);! (4) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(3);! (5) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(4);! (6) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §46b-122, §46b-124 and §46b-129;! (7) is exempt as it is the work product of an attorney or attorneys;! (8) is confidential pursuant to the Rules of Professional Conduct, 1.6 – Confidentiality;! (9) is protected by the deliberative process privilege; and,! (10) is confidential and privileged pursuant to section 12 of P.A. 11-51.! ! !Very truly yours,! !Deborah Del Prete Sullivan!Legal Counsel/Executive Assistant Public Defender!Office of Chief Public Defender!30 Trinity Street, 4th floor!Hartford, CT 06106!860 509-6405 (tel. #)!860 509-6495 (fax #)!!From: Paul Boyne [mailto:paboyne@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:02 PM!!

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To:!Sullivan,!Deborah!D!(Public!Defenders)!Subject:!Re:!GAL!Invoices!(FOIA)!!!!Deb,!!!I!understand!that!the!reasons!you!quoted!are!in!error.!!!Favour!of!a!reply!appreciated.!!!pb!!On!Mon,!Mar!25,!2013!at!3:50!PM,!Sullivan,'Deborah'D'(Public'Defenders)) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> !wrote:!To: Paul Boyne!From: Deborah Del Prete Sullivan! Legal Counsel/Executive Assistant Public Defender!Re: March 15, 2013 Freedom of Information Request regarding previous November 19, 2012 request and response!Date: March 25, 2013! !Mr. Boyne:!I respond now to your Freedom of Information request received via email in which you referenced a previous FOI request and on March 15, 2013 stated “I!understand!that!the!reasons!you!quoted!are!in!error.!Favour!of!a!reply!appreciated”!as!follows:!1. “the invoices for the court ordered GAL appointment of one Susan I. Hamilton, Esq. She was appointed by Calmar, J. out of Middletown in early August on case HHD FA 05 4018463 S, Boyne v. Boyne. She was appointed at state rates to be paid by the state.”!

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DENIED – The information you have requested:! (1) is not a public record;! (2) is not an administrative record;! (3) is exempt as privileged by the attorney-client relationship pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b) (10);! (4) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(3);! (5) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(4);! (6) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §46b-122, §46b-124 and §46b-129;! (7) is exempt as it is the work product of an attorney or attorneys;! (8) is confidential pursuant to the Rules of Professional Conduct, 1.6 – Confidentiality;! (9) is protected by the deliberative process privilege; and,! (10) is confidential and privileged pursuant to section 12 of P.A. 11-51.! ! Very truly yours,!Deborah Del Prete Sullivan!Legal Counsel/Executive Assistant Public Defender!Office of Chief Public Defender!30 Trinity Street, 4th floor!Hartford, CT 06106!860 509-6405 (tel. #)!860 509-6495 (fax #)!!On!Mon,#Mar#25,"2013!at#4:01!PM,$Paul$Boyne$ <paboyne@gmail.com> !wrote:!Deb,!!How!can!a!litigant!make!a!case!that!the!appointed!GAL!is!a!nut!and!spends!no!time!on!the!case,!if!you!keep!the!billing!records!

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secret??!!The!GAL!serves!with!absolute!immunity,!there!can!be!no!privilege!as!there!is!no!protection!required!when!immune!from!everything.!!The!GAL!is!a!person!performing!a!service!for!the!court!at!taxpayer's!expense.!!It!is!not!legal!services,!it!is!not!even!prescribed!services,!there!is!no!manual!or!procedure!to!follow.!!Billings!for!such!ad!hoc!activities!paid!for!by!the!taxpayer!do!not!create!secrecy!for!billing.!!How!do!you!even!construct!that!Rules!of!Conduct!for!a!lawyer!control!billing!for!a!GAL???!!The!rules!of!conduct!in!the!practice!book!do!not!extend!to!a!GAL.!!Such!GAL!services!are!not!legal!services.!!!!Can!you!be!more!specific!in!your!reply!below,!just!citing!statutes!is!a!bit!lame,!perhaps!you!can!add!a!few!words!as!to!what!the!statute!says!and!how!it!is!applied!to!your!denial!and!cloak!of!secrecy!for!spending!of!taxpayer's!money.!!I!would!just!like!to!know!how!many!hours!this!person!billed!the!state!for!the!appointed!duty.!!The!number!of!hours!billed!to!a!case!does!not!create!a!state!secret.!!!!Or!put!another!way,!by!FOIA!request.....how!much!money!was!given!to!Susan!I!Hamilton!by!the!state!for!all!of!her!work!as!a!GAL!in!the!last!year?????!!Then!how!much!was!given!to!her!for!work!on!HHD!FA!05!4018463S.!!Make!those!two!another!FOIA!request!and!explain!your!previous!denial!in!complete!sentences.!!!!

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pb!!Date:!Mon,!25!Mar!2013!16:05:37!c0400!Subject:!Re:!GAL!Invoices!(FOIA)!From:!paboyne@gmail.com!To:!Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov!!Deb,!!Third!FOIA!request:!!A!copy!of!1099!or!other!reciept!showing!payments!to!Susan!I!Hamilton!for!GAL!work!contracted!by!your!office!in!last!year.!!pb!!cccccccccc!Forwarded!message!cccccccccc!From:!Sullivan,1Deborah1D1(Public1Defenders)! <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> !Date:!Mon,!Mar!25,!2013!at!4:10!PM!Subject:!RE:!GAL!Invoices!(FOIA)!To:!Paul!Boyne!<paboyne@gmail.com>!!!Mr. Boyne!I have requested the total number of hours billed and $ expended. I should have this info for you by end of day Wednesday.! !Deborah!Del!Prete!Sullivan!Legal!Counsel/Executive!Assistant!Public!Defender!Office!of!Chief!Public!Defender!30!Trinity!Street,!4th!floor!Hartford,!CT!!06106!

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860!509c6405!(tel.!#)!860!509c6495!(fax!#)! ------------------------------------------------------ cccccccccc!Forwarded!message!cccccccccc!From:!Sullivan,1Deborah1D1(Public1Defenders)! <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> !Date:!Thu,!Mar!28,!2013!at!4:31!PM!Subject:!RE:!GAL!Invoices!(FOIA)!To:!Paul!Boyne!<paboyne@gmail.com>!!!March 28, 2013!!!Mr. Boyne -!!!Please be advised that as Legal Counsel I represent this agency. I respond now to your FOI request as follows:!!!1. A copy of 1099 or other reciept showing payments to Susan I Hamilton for GAL work contracted by your office in last year.!!!DENIED - The 1099 record you have requested are not in the possession of or retained by this agency. In addition, the information you have requested:!!! (1) is not a public record;! (2) is not an administrative record;! (3) is exempt as privileged by the attorney-client relationship pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b) (10);! (4) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(3);! (5) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §1-210 (b)(4);!

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(6) is exempt pursuant to C.G.S. §46b-122, §46b-124 and §46b-129;! (7) is exempt as it is the work product of an attorney or attorneys;! (8) is confidential pursuant to the Rules of Professional Conduct, 1.6 – Confidentiality;! (9) is protected by the deliberative process privilege; and,! (10) is confidential and privileged pursuant to section 12 of P.A. 11-51.!!!However, this agency paid Ms. Hamilton $2,175.00 for services rendered as an assigned GAL from this agency in the Boyne matter.!!!Ms. Hamilton was paid by this agency the following amounts for all GAL assignments only, including the Boyne matter, from this agency:!FY 11/12 $14,790!FY 12/13 $18,907!!!Very truly yours,!!!!!Deborah Del Prete Sullivan!Legal Counsel!Office of Chief Public Defender!Hartford, CT 06106 Date:!Thu,!28!Mar!2013!17:07:52!c0400!Subject:!Fwd:!GAL!Invoices!(FOIA)!From:!paboyne@gmail.com!

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To:!amns29@live.com!!So!my!GAL!has!consumed!$2,175!so!far!in!the!Boyne!matter.!!!!Susan!!!2,175!Sid!!!!!!!!4,200!KFC!!!!!!????!!!Darren!!!????!!Five!court!appearances!in!Middletown.!!Great!work.....nothing!gets!done!in!23!months!of!arguing,!but!everyone!makes!money.!!However, this agency paid Ms. Hamilton $2,175.00 for services rendered as an assigned GAL from this agency in the Boyne matter. Ms. Hamilton was paid by this agency the following amounts for all GAL assignments only, including the Boyne matter, from this agency: FY 11/12 $14,790 FY 12/13 $18,907 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Boyne [mailto:paboyne@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:08 PM To: Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) Cc: Rapillo, Christine (Public Defenders); Day, John (Public Defenders) Subject: FOIA Request - Darren's Invoices!!!Deb,!!!

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Would!you!be!so!kind!as!to!accept!this!FOIA!request!for!the!invoices/timesheets/billings/payments!of!Marc!Darren!pertaining!to!his!representation!of!one!Paul!Boyne!in!case!HHD!FA!05!4018463!S.!!Periods,!4/12/12c8/14/12!and!12/20/12!to!3/26/13,!dates!approximate.!!!Kindest!thanks.!!Acknowledgement!per!requirements!of!FOIA!requested.!!!Best,!!!Pb!!On!Thursday,!May!2,!2013,!Sullivan,!Deborah!D!(Public!Defenders)!wrote:!Thursday, May 2, 2013! !Mr. Boyne –! !I respond to your Freedom of Information request received via email on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 5:08 p.m. as follows:! !1. “the invoices/timesheets/billings/payments of Marc Darren pertaining to his representation of one Paul Boyne in case HHD FA 05 4018463 S. Periods, 4/12/12-8/14/12 and 12/20/12 to 3/26/13, dates approximate”! !DENIED – No such documents or records exist as of Thursday, May 2, 2013.! ! Very truly yours,! ! Deborah Del Prete

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Sullivan! Legal Counsel, Director!!!Deborah!Del!Prete!Sullivan!Legal!Counsel,!Director!Office!of!Chief!Public!Defender!30!Trinity!Street,!4th!Floor!Hartford,!CT!!06106!Tel.!#!860!509c6405!Fax!#!860!509c6495!!!Date:!Thu,!2!May!2013!16:07:00!c0400!Subject:!Re:!FOIA!Request!c!Darren's!Invoices!From:!paboyne@gmail.com!To:!Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov!CC:!Christine.Rapillo@jud.ct.gov;!John.Day@jud.ct.gov;!Tammie.Parker@jud.ct.gov;!susan.storey@jud.ct.gov!!Ah!hah!!!So!Darren!never!billed!you!for!legal!services!in!my!case!because!he!never!performed!any???!!Makes!sense!really.!!!Can!you!please!advise!if!he!was!required!to!submit!time!sheets!or!invoices!under!his!contract!with!Susie?!!He!must!have!used!some!documentation!to!apply!for!payment!by!the!state.!Can!you!provide!this!documentation!under!FOIA.!!!Pb!cccccccccc!Forwarded!message!cccccccccc!From:!Sullivan,1Deborah1D1(Public1Defenders)!!Date:!Friday,!May!3,!2013!Subject:!FOIA!Request!c!Darren's!Invoices!To:!Paul!Boyne!<paboyne@gmail.com>!

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Cc:!"Rapillo,!Christine!(Public!Defenders)"!<Christine.Rapillo@jud.ct.gov>,!"Day,!John!(Public!Defenders)"!<John.Day@jud.ct.gov>,!"Parker,!Tammie!(Public!Defenders)"!<Tammie.Parker@jud.ct.gov>,!"Storey,!Susan!(Public!Defenders)"!<Susan.Storey@jud.ct.gov>!!!Friday, May 3, 2013! !Mr. Boyne –! !As Legal Counsel I respond to your FOI request sent via email on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 4:07 p.m. as follows:! !1. Can you please advise if he was required to submit time sheets or invoices under his contract with Susie? He must have used some documentation to apply for payment by the state. Can you provide this documentation under FOIA. ! !DENIED – In regard to your question contained in the first sentence above, you have not requested records and this agency is not required to answer questions under the Freedom of Information statutes.!DENIED – In regard to your request for documentation Attorney Darren used to apply for payment by the state, your request is also denied as no such records exist.! !Very truly yours,! !Deborah Del Prete Sullivan!Legal Counsel, Director!Office of Chief Public Defender!30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor!

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Hartford, CT 06106!Tel. # 860 509-6405!Fax # 860 509-6495 From: Paul Boyne [mailto:paboyne@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 11:06 AM To: Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) Cc: Rapillo, Christine (Public Defenders); Day, John (Public Defenders); Parker, Tammie (Public Defenders); Storey, Susan (Public Defenders) Subject: Re: FOIA Request - Darren's Invoices!!!Deb,!!!Let's!try!a!FOI!request!for:!!!1.!The!application!of!payment!by!Darren!for!work!under!Susie's!contract!covering!8/14/12,!12/20/12!and!12/24/12!!!2.!!The!document!showing!the!date!and!amount!of!payment!to!Darren!under!Susie's!contract!provided!from!to!Darren!under!said!contract,!covering!periods!in!1,!above.!!!Pb!!!cccccccccc!Forwarded!message!cccccccccc!From:!Sullivan,1Deborah1D1(Public1Defenders)!!Date:!Friday,!May!3,!2013!Subject:!FOIA!Request!c!Darren's!Invoices!To:!Paul!Boyne!<paboyne@gmail.com>!Cc:!"Day,!John!(Public!Defenders)"!<John.Day@jud.ct.gov>,!"Rapillo,!Christine!(Public!Defenders)"!<Christine.Rapillo@jud.ct.gov>,!"Parker,!Tammie!(Public!Defenders)"!<Tammie.Parker@jud.ct.gov>,!"Storey,!Susan!(Public!Defenders)"!<Susan.Storey@jud.ct.gov>!

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!!Mr.!Boyne!–!!!Please!see!attached!response.!Please!make!payments!payable!to!“Public!Defender!Services!Commission.!Thank!you.!!!Deborah!Del!Prete!Sullivan!Legal!Counsel,!Director!Office!of!Chief!Public!Defender!30!Trinity!Street,!4th!Floor!Hartford,!CT!!06106!Tel.!#!860!509c6405!Fax!#!860!509c6495!!cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc!cccccccccc!Forwarded!message!cccccccccc!From:!Paul1Boyne!!Date:!Friday,!June!14,!2013!Subject:!Incompetent!GAL!To:!"Storey,!Susan!(Public!Defenders)"!<susan.storey@jud.ct.gov>!Cc:!"Sullivan,!Deborah!D!(Public!Defenders)"!<Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov>,!"trechen@mccarter.com"!<trechen@mccarter.com>,!Susan!Hamilton!<susan@hamiltonlawct.com>,!"Libbin,!Martin"!<martin.libbin@jud.ct.gov>!!!Sue,!!So!glad!you!are!using!public!funds!to!pay!Susan!H.!to!recommend!Kathy!H.!who!is!demonstrably!incompetent.!!Takes!a!special!type!of!stupid!to!fail!the!same!exam!five!times!over!five!years.!!Withholding!such!material!facts!from!the!court!is!quite!a!

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trick!as!well.!!Think!you!should!pull!Susan!Hamilton!from!the!GAL!list?!!Protection!of!the!public!requires!same,!lying!to!the!court!notwithstanding.!!Do!society!a!favour!perhaps?!!pb!!From: Paul Boyne [mailto:paboyne@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 11:55 AM To: Storey, Susan (Public Defenders) Cc: Susan Hamilton Subject: Hamilton Billing Susan Please provide billing by Susan Hamilton on the Boyne matter covering Aug '12 to Jan '14. FOIA request. Discovery request iaw Practice Book section 13. Thanks for compliance with court rules of practice. Pb On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> wrote: March!17,!2014 ! Re:1Freedom1of1Information1Request1dated1March18,120141received1on1March110,12014 ! Mr.!Boyne!– ! Please!be!advised!that!as!Legal!Counsel!I!represent!Attorney!Storey!

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and!this!agency. ! This!office!is!again!reviewing!its!files!to!ascertain!whether!any!information!exists!that!is!responsive!to!your!request!and!whether!it!is!public!information. ! I!expect!to!have!a!response!for!you!no!later!than!March!26. ! Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Legal Counsel, Director Office of Chief Public Defender 30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor Hartford, CT 06106 Tel. # 860 509-6405 Fax # 860 509-6495 ! !ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc!---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Hamilton Billing To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Deb If it is not public I am entitled to it under discovery as Hamilton was GAL in my case and her file is discoverable. Just provide me her file along with her billing records. Simple. Unless you are engaged in fraud. Again. Pn From: Paul Boyne [mailto:paboyne@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:32 PM To: Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) Subject: Re: Hamilton Billing

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Are you refusing discovery???

pb On Thursday, March 20, 2014, Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> wrote: Mr.!Boyne!–

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Please!provide!the!name!of!the!case!that!you!are!requesting!discovery!in.!Thank!you.

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Deborah Del Prete Sullivan

Legal Counsel, Director

Office of Chief Public Defender

30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor

Hartford, CT 06106

Tel. # 860 509-6405

Fax # 860 509-6495

!cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc!!---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014 Subject: RE: Hamilton Billing To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Boyne v Boyne. HHD FA 05 4018463 S

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On Thursday, March 20, 2014, Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> wrote: Mr.!Boyne!– This!agency!is!not!a!party!in!the!civil!case!you!have!cited. ! You!have!made!a!request!pursuant!to!the!FOI!statutes.!This!office!will!respond!to!your!FOI!request!by!tomorrow.!Thank!you. ! Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Legal Counsel, Director Office of Chief Public Defender 30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor Hartford, CT 06106 Tel. # 860 509-6405 Fax # 860 509-6495 !cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc!---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:32 AM Subject: Re: Hamilton Billing To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Deb Your office may not be a named party but you are the supervisory authority over your contracted attorney. Warranty, guarantee, terms&conditions of contracted attorney extend to you. Time sheets proper billing and errors therein are you liability by contract law. You are liable for discovery. Act accordingly. FOIA works just as well as it was a state contract and paid with public funds. You are working hard at being difficult. pb ! ---------- Forwarded message ----------

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From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Hamilton Billing To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Cc: "Rapillo, Christine (Public Defenders)" <christine.rapillo@jud.ct.gov>, "Storey, Susan (Public Defenders)" <susan.storey@jud.ct.gov>, "trechen@mccarter.com" <trechen@mccarter.com> Deb, If your so called 'agency' is not party to HHD FA 4018463 S, then why did Christine Rapillo appear in this matter before Adelman, J.? Christine's appearance before the judge on the record in this matter pretty much defeats your claim that you were not party......sort of failed that argument did you not??? Now please turn over the timesheets, payments and entire file on matter of discovery. Don't try and claim that Christine did not appear in this case. You are all lawyers, try following the Rules of Professional Conduct, or just try being a little bit honest. Pb From: Paul Boyne [mailto:paboyne@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 3:58 PM To: Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) Subject: Re: Hamilton Billing

Hey Deb

Got an answer yet???

A little transparency to you mysterious operation???

Pb On Saturday, March 22, 2014, Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> wrote: Mr.!Boyne!– !

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Unfortunately,!this!office!will!need!to!have!until!next!week!to!respond!to!your!request.!I!should!have!a!response!for!you!by!the!end!of!next!week!after!consultation!with!counsel!from!the!Attorney!General’s!office!regarding!your!request. ! I!apologize!for!the!delay,!but!am!confident!that!a!response!will!be!sent!by!the!end!of!next!week. ! ! Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Legal Counsel, Director Office of Chief Public Defender 30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor Hartford, CT 06106 Tel. # 860 509-6405 Fax # 860 509-6495 !!---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 12:02 AM Subject: Re: Hamilton Billing To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> You need AG advice to comply with discovery request. You are really trying to hide something. This is a GAL in a pj divorce matter and you are treating it like state secret. Very funny. Quite sad. Very Gestspo like. pb !---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Hamilton Billing To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Cc: "Storey, Susan (Public Defenders)" <susan.storey@jud.ct.gov>

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Hey Deb It is Monday. Have a new confidence in a response for such a simple request??? Favour of a reply requested. Pb ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Subject: FOI response To: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Mr. Boyne – Please see attached letter in response to your FOI request dated March 8, 2014 and further articulated on March 18, 2014. Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Legal Counsel, Director Office of Chief Public Defender 30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor Hartford, CT 06106 Tel. # 860 509-6405 Fax # 860 509-6495 -------- Original message -------- From Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: 04/02/2014 4:31 AM (GMT-05:00) To "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Subject Re: FOI response Deb

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My agent will bring the $5.25 to your office today. Please don't give him a hard time. pb !On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> wrote: Mr. Boyne, I will not be in the office today. Please have your agent leave the required payment for the FOI copies you have requested, in an envelope marked to the attention of my office, with security on the first floor. Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Sent from Samsung tablet !---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 6:32 AM Subject: Re: FOI response To: "deborah.sullivan" <deborah.sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Cc: "thomas.hennick@ct.gov" <thomas.hennick@ct.gov>, "Storey, Susan (Public Defenders)" <susan.storey@jud.ct.gov>, "trechen@mccarter.com" <trechen@mccarter.com> Deb, The world does not revolve around you. My payment will be presented and the documents are expected in return. Perhaps you can assign one of the many other taxpayer funded persons in your office to fulfill this simple FOIA request and payment? Or is this just more Deb harassment and abuse of the populace? pb !On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)

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<Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> wrote: Please provide the name of your agent so I can advise my office. Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Sent from Samsung tablet !-------- Original message -------- From Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: 04/02/2014 1:31 PM (GMT-05:00) To "deborah.sullivan" <deborah.sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Subject Re: FOI response Scott !On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> wrote: Scott is last name? Sent from Samsung tablet !---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 1:35 PM Subject: Re: FOI response To: "deborah.sullivan" <deborah.sullivan@jud.ct.gov> First name. Very handsome and has $5.25 in his pocket. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 5:01 PM Subject: Re: FOI response

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To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Cc: Scott <scott@gmail.com> Hey Deb, $5.25 is paid, can you send me the documents? pb !On Thursday, April 3, 2014, Scott <scott@gmail.com> wrote: Tammie Parker stated the document will be emailed within 15 minutes of payment. Do I need to revisit the office tomorrow?!!!---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:15 PM Subject: Re: FOI response To: Scott <scott@gmail.com> Cc: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov>, "Parker, Tammie (Public Defenders)" <tammie.parker@jud.ct.gov>, "Storey, Susan (Public Defenders)" <susan.storey@jud.ct.gov> Paid the money. No documents. No email. Tammie lied. I feel so used !!! The shame of it all. !!On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> wrote: Deb, It appears you have not held up your side of the deal. $5.25 was provided to you by my agent, but you have provided nothing in return. Care to explain?

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:59 AM Subject: FOI request dated 3-8-14 and received on 3-10-14 - FINAL response To: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Mr. Boyne: This email will acknowledge receipt by this office of your payment of $5.25 on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 from your agent Scott [name redacted]. Please find attached copies of information responsive to your request. Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Legal Counsel, Director Office of Chief Public Defender 30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor Hartford, CT 06106 Tel. # 860 509-6405 Fax # 860 509-6495 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:12 AM Subject: Fwd: FOI request dated 3-8-14 and received on 3-10-14 - FINAL response To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Cc: "thomas.hennick@ct.gov" <thomas.hennick@ct.gov> Deb, Would you please state your exemption reason for all the redactions on the bills of Susan Hamilton?? Something very fishy about all the black outs. Why would a 'voucher' number be redacted? Why is the billing address redacted, this is already public information. Very strange. Not very FOIA like. More Gestapo like.

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Perhaps you can explain. Pb On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders) <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> wrote: Mr. Boyne – Please be advised that this office is not required to answer questions. However, please see my letter dated April 1, 2014 in response to your inquiry. As I indicated the redacted information was not responsive to your request on the Boyne case. The redactions pertain to other family cases, not your Boyne case. The voucher number has been redacted to avoid disclosure of these same family cases which are not the Boyne matter. Deborah Del Prete Sullivan Legal Counsel, Director Office of Chief Public Defender 30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor Hartford, CT 06106 Tel. # 860 509-6405 Fax # 860 509-6495 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:28 AM Subject: Re: Boyne FOI dated 3-8-14 and received 3-10-14 To: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov> Cc: "thomas.hennick@ct.gov" <thomas.hennick@ct.gov> What is a voucher? If my case is now public information, there is no reason to keep other cases secret. As this is a FOIA request, may I please have unredacted copies of the billing of Susan I. Hamilton, Esq over this period 7/11 to 2/14. She is a

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terrible GAL and the public is entitled to see all of her billing. Whether it is the Boyne case or the Jones case, If the Boyne information is now public, then so can everybody else's billing by Hamilton. Serious FOIA request. Please respond accordingly. pb ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Boyne <paboyne@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:39 PM Subject: FOIA REQUEST To: "Storey, Susan (Public Defenders)" <susan.storey@jud.ct.gov> Cc: "Sullivan, Deborah D (Public Defenders)" <Deborah.Sullivan@jud.ct.gov>, "thomas.hennick@ct.gov" <thomas.hennick@ct.gov>, Anne S <amns29@gmail.com>, Scott Buden <sbuden1@gmail.com> Sue, This is a FOIA request for the billing documents of one Susan I. Hamilton, Esq. for all matters for which she was appointed to be a GAL by the Family Court between 7/11 and 3/14. Please provide copies, .pdf scan is fine, of the invoices and time sheets without arbitrary and selective redaction which was previously provided. All information contained therein is in the public domain. Names of wards, docket numbers, vendor codes, voucher numbers, phone numbers, vendor number etc.....are all public information. You failed to properly respond to my previous request, as such my $5.25 can be applied to this request. Favour of acknowledgement of this request is requested. Previous request letter and response documents attached for your reference. Please follow the law. Keep it simple and keep Deb's opinion out of the process. pb