Gotta say I respect your level of positivity under the circumstances. The legal system seems to have failed you, but you continue to remain classy. I look forward to your take on those documents at some point in the future.
Thank you! The legal system definitely failed me (and really, failed the people) super hard this time. It's sad to say it, but I think this is just the country we live in right now. All you can really do is give it your best and stand up for the right thing when you find yourself in a position to do so, and just hope it all works out.
In this case, at least I got the documents, even though the whole thing turned out really disappointing otherwise. To say I'm feeling really demoralized about our government right now would be an understatement. :/
But yes, I'll definitely be writing about the documents soon! I gave myself a breather after all of that legal stuff, but I'm about to get back to the grind. My next post will be about what was under those redactions, which was as eye-opening as it was ridiculous.
They also tie in with another set of emails I got hold of last year, but I think that will be a larger and more serious story that will take me longer to piece together.
"Thankfully, despite MDHHS’s objections to our request for lawyer fees (the government’s lawyers had basically tried to argue that I’d done the bulk of the legal work by writing my own complaint), the ruling did permit attorney’s fees, to be paid to my lawyer by MDHHS."
The billable hour is always the ultimate winner haha
Congratulations though on the merits, even though the judge seems a little nonchalant about thinking critically. Someone like you should not have to go to court just because an agency is more reluctant about handing you the documents than wasting the court's time.
Thank you! It was such a ball of stress, I definitely burned out at a certain point in the process. I'm glad to have gotten the un-redacted documents, though. My next post will discuss the total absurdity of the redactions -- I think you'll get a kick out of it.
I looked at your site after our recent exchange. Well done and bon courage!
Thank you so much!!
Gotta say I respect your level of positivity under the circumstances. The legal system seems to have failed you, but you continue to remain classy. I look forward to your take on those documents at some point in the future.
Thank you! The legal system definitely failed me (and really, failed the people) super hard this time. It's sad to say it, but I think this is just the country we live in right now. All you can really do is give it your best and stand up for the right thing when you find yourself in a position to do so, and just hope it all works out.
In this case, at least I got the documents, even though the whole thing turned out really disappointing otherwise. To say I'm feeling really demoralized about our government right now would be an understatement. :/
But yes, I'll definitely be writing about the documents soon! I gave myself a breather after all of that legal stuff, but I'm about to get back to the grind. My next post will be about what was under those redactions, which was as eye-opening as it was ridiculous.
They also tie in with another set of emails I got hold of last year, but I think that will be a larger and more serious story that will take me longer to piece together.
"Thankfully, despite MDHHS’s objections to our request for lawyer fees (the government’s lawyers had basically tried to argue that I’d done the bulk of the legal work by writing my own complaint), the ruling did permit attorney’s fees, to be paid to my lawyer by MDHHS."
The billable hour is always the ultimate winner haha
Congratulations though on the merits, even though the judge seems a little nonchalant about thinking critically. Someone like you should not have to go to court just because an agency is more reluctant about handing you the documents than wasting the court's time.
Thank you! It was such a ball of stress, I definitely burned out at a certain point in the process. I'm glad to have gotten the un-redacted documents, though. My next post will discuss the total absurdity of the redactions -- I think you'll get a kick out of it.
Let's see how honorable the Hon. Yates is. If he dismisses the claim, then one can conclude that you got played-maybe even by your own lawyer.
Yeah. It ended weirdly, didn't it? :/