Informal Opinion Letter Summary

UIPA Memo 11-14

Complaint Files

Requester asked whether the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) properly denied Requester’s request under part III of the UIPA for case files pertaining to complaints he had filed with that office.

OIP found that the UIPA allowed the Ombudsman to withhold the requested case files in order to maintain secrecy regarding its investigations as required by statute. HRS §§ 92F-13(4) and
-22(5); HRS § 96-9(b).

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