Docket Sheet

Todd Shepherd and Broad and Liberty v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

OOR Dkt. No.: AP 2025-3669
Case Status: Partially Granted/Partially Denied

04/03/2026

03/05/2026

Similo, Erika

Commonwealth

Request sought various communications, including emails with corresponding attachments and text messages. SEPTA properly redacted personal identification information from certain responsive records. SEPTA demonstrated that it properly withheld certain responsive records as containing internal, predecisional deliberations but did not demonstrate that the records do not contain severable, factual information. SEPTA cannot redact nonresponsive information from records responsive to the Request but may withhold wholly unresponsive records. SEPTA demonstrated that it does not possess records responsive to Parts E, F, and G of the Request. Granted in part and denied in part

Clause Exemption Result
708 (b) (10) (i) A record that reflects: (A) The internal, predecisional deliberations of an agency, its members, employees or officials or predecisional deliberations between agency members, employees or officials and members, employees or officials of another agency , including predecisional deliberations relating to a budget recommendation, legislative proposal, legislative amendment, contemplated or proposed policy or course of action or any research, memos or other documents used in the predecisional deliberations. (B) The strategy to be used to develop or achieve the successful adoption of a budget, legislative proposal or regulation. (ii) Subparagraph (i)(A) shall apply to agencies subject to 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings) in a manner consistent with 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7. A record which is not otherwise exempt from access under this act and which is presented to a quorum for deliberation in accordance with 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 shall be a public record. (iii) This paragraph shall not apply to a written or Internet application or other document that has been submitted to request Commonwealth funds. (iv) This paragraph shall not apply to the results of public opinion surveys, polls, focus groups, marketing research or similar effort designed to measure public opinion. Partially Granted
708 (b) (6) The following personal identification information: Denied
Agency Invoked an Extension The agency invoked a 30 day extension to respond to the request.
Not in Possession, Custody, or Control of Agency Not in Possession, Custody, or Control of Agency Denied
Other Other Partially Granted
PA or US Constitution Denied
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