City of Sprague sued over public records

SPRAGUE—A Langley man is suing the city of Sprague over a public records request.

Court records show Eric Hood filed a civil lawsuit against the city Thursday, March 16, claiming the city didn’t respond to an email request for records regarding a previous lawsuit Hood filed.

According to court filings, Hood emailed the city Wednesday, Sept. 14, asking for records of “all costs, including attorney invoices related to the lawsuit Eric Hood v. City of Sprague.”

After not repeating the response, he repeated his request Friday, Sept. 23, according to documents.

Hood alleged he received no response...