By: Derek Hawkins//March 20, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: Taylor Q. Scott v. University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, et al.
Case No.: 2015AP1244
Officials: Brennan, P.J., Kessler and Brash, JJ.
Focus: Abuse of Discretion – Disclosure of Public Records
Taylor Q. Scott appeals the circuit court’s orders denying his petition for writ of mandamus seeking disclosure of public records from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Scott argues: (1) UWM improperly redacted student names from documents it provided him pursuant to his request under the open records law; (2) the documents he sought were not education records because they were not “maintained” by UWM; and (3) the circuit court misused its discretion by declining his request to conduct an in camera review of the records. We affirm.