Brookhaven quoted $356.54 for a records request, and I paid it February 12, 2026. City Attorney Jeremy T. Berry wrote about prepayment February 11. The City later uploaded files and marked the request completed, but I disputed what was produced.
I paid. Then the City marked it complete. On February 5, 2026, the City Clerk’s Office gave an estimate of $356.54. I approved the estimate February 6. On February 11, Jeremy T. Berry, Brookhaven City Attorney, wrote to me about prepayment for 29 recent requests, quoting the state law: “insist on prepayment of the costs prior to beginning search, retrieval, review, or production of the records.” On February 12, the City sent an invoice and I confirmed paying $356.54.
On February 25 and 26, the City marked the request Completed and posted files. My February 26 reply disputed the production because it consisted mainly of monthly invoices, two contracts and other material I said did not answer the case specific parts of the request. In my October 15 email about Brookhaven records overall, I described the result as “Zero case specific records.” That was my assessment of the material I needed, not a claim Brookhaven uploaded no files.
What I allege
- What Berry wrote. His February 11 email said the City would require payment before searching, reviewing or producing the records covered by the requests. The quoted words came from the statute.
- The payment. The City estimated $356.54 on February 5, invoiced on February 12 and received my confirmation of payment that morning.
- What came back. The City posted files on February 25 and 26 and marked the request completed. I disputed whether those files covered what I requested. As of October 17, 2026, my mailbox shows no refund of the $356.54 payment.
Human cost
In my July 8, 2026 email, I wrote:
In that time, I paid the City hundreds of dollars and received nothing. […] It is one thing to withhold records. It is another to take a disabled person’s money and produce nothing.
Closing
The City gave a price. I paid. It later posted files, marked the request completed and left me disputing whether the records answered what I had asked. As of October 17, the checked correspondence shows no refund.
Source route: Jeremy T. Berry dated correspondence and receipts.
How to read this page. Officials’ words are quoted from their own dated emails and letters. My own dated emails and my opinion are marked as mine. Labels in bold are my characterization of the dated facts beside them. Being copied on a letter does not show that a person influenced a decision. A count of requests is a count of requests, not a count of violations. Nothing here is a legal finding. Counts and dates are as of October 17, 2026. The City posted files for this request on February 25 and 26. My July 8 words are my judgment of whether those files answered what I asked.
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