Before the Presiding Judges of the Administrative Judicial Regions

Per Curiam Rule 12 Decision

APPEAL NO.: 03-004

RESPONDENT: Cam McCabe, City of Tyler Municipal Court Administrator

DATE: August 18, 2003

SPECIAL COMMITTEE: Judge John Ovard, Judge B. B. Schraub, Judge Darrell Hester, Judge Kelly G. Moore, Judge David Peeples

The applicant requested from the Tyler municipal court the names and addresses of individuals who have signed up to take a defensive driving course for ticket dismissal. The court responded that the addresses were exempt from disclosure under Rule 12.5(d), so that the court was prohibited from voluntarily providing the information under Rule 12.4(b). The applicant filed this petition for review. The court has informed this committee that it wants to disclose the information, but believes it is prohibited from doing so by the cited provisions of Rule 12.

The records requested in this matter are records relating to cases pending in the municipal court. Case records are not subject to the Public Information Act, and they are not subject to Rule 12 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. Rule 12 Decisions 00-001; 02-005.

Because the records are not judicial records subject to Rule 12, we deny the petition for review.