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THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S DATASHEET IS AN ATTORNEY-WORK-PRODUCT WHICH IS NOT SUBJECT TO FOIL DISCLOSURE; BECAUSE PETITIONER DID NOT SUBSTANTIALLY PREVAIL IN THE FOIL PROCEEDINGS, PETITIONER WAS NOT ENTITLED TO AN AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the District Attorney’s (D.A.’s) datasheet was an attorney-work-product which was not subject to a FOIL disclosure:

Supreme Court appropriately ordered an in camera inspection of all records responsive to petitioner’s FOIL request, including the datasheet that was ultimately produced with redaction of personal information regarding certain people involved in the relevant criminal matter (Public Officers Law § 84 et seq.). However, those records should not have included the D.A. datasheet. This Court has previously held that the D.A. datasheet constitutes attorney work product, as it contains the analysis and conclusions of the intake attorney … . As a result, CPLR 3101(c) protects the datasheet from disclosure under FOIL, and it is not subject to disclosure even with redactions … .

In light of this determination, the award of attorneys’ fees is unwarranted, as petitioner has not “substantially prevailed” in its appeal of respondent’s denial … . Furthermore, even had petitioner substantially prevailed, Supreme Court made no “find[ing] that the agency had no reasonable basis for denying access,” and thus, there was no basis for an award of attorneys’ fees to petitioner … . Matter of Law Off. of Cyrus Joubin v Manhattan Dist. Attorney’s Off., 2025 NY Slip Op 06283, First Dept 11-18-25

Practice Point: A FOIL request for a District Attorney’s datasheet will be denied because the datasheet is privileged (attorney-work-product).

 

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