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Hendricks
Matthew Hendricks is Community Transit's outside counsel. His correspondence is why eight requests exist.
Outside Counsel, Hendricks Law PLLC, Community Transit
matthew hendricks is a crooked lawyer.
My opinion, and the 6 documents it is based on. Every quote is theirs. Every receipt links to the source.
- He said · June 12, 2025 · 4:11 pm · 25-123
Yes, let's do that.
The recordThe question he was answering: "This is the one that involves an employee with a protection order against the requester. Shall I push the due date out a few weeks?" The letter that went out the next morning blamed "the volume of records requests."
Receipt → - He said · September 18, 2025 · litigation hold
Community Transit acknowledges your litigation hold notice and confirms that the agency will comply with its legal obligations to preserve records relevant to your requests.
The recordSeven days later the agency created two whole-mailbox holds, for two other people. No hold on De Tapia, Michael Berman or Rachel Woods appears in the audit log it produced.
Receipt → - He said · October 8, 2025 · 25-123
To date no record has been withheld or redacted.
The recordThe agency posted "25-123 Exemption Log Part 1.xlsx" to the same request on July 15, 2025.
Receipt → - He said · October 8, 2025 · 25-123
Any legal matters you may have outside of these public records requests are not part of, nor relevant to the processing of your requests.
The recordThe due-date extension he approved was about the protection order. On June 4, 2025, two days before the request, the records officer's agency phone called his firm's main line for 8 minutes.
Receipt → - He said · October 8, 2025 · 25-123
The uploaded documents are placed in a repository file containing records identified as a result of processing search terms that you provided and do not indicate a withholding of records.
The recordThe file is byte-for-byte the attachment Michael Berman emailed the records officer on July 10. No search term found it.
Receipt → - His letter · May 6, 2026 · 26-98 to 26-105
documents or a status report will be provided within 14 days of the letter or by May 20.
The recordAll eight requests were closed May 20 with "thank you for letting us know this request can be closed."
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own words
Yes, let's do that.
The question named the protection order. The letter I got named the volume of requests.
To date no record has been withheld or redacted.
The exemption log was posted on July 15.
Any legal matters you may have outside of these public records requests are not part of, nor relevant to the processing of your requests.
The extension email he approved was about the protection order.
The uploaded documents are placed in a repository file containing records identified as a result of processing search terms that you provided and do not indicate a withholding of records.
The file in question came from Berman's email. Same bytes.
Entered on behalf of Mr. Meyers. Per the May 6, 2026 letter from Matthew Hendricks, Council to Community Transit, documents or a status report will be provided within 14 days of the letter or by May 20.
Fourteen days. Then closed with no records.
In this request on September 7 you raised a concern about email metadata. I believe our attorney responded to this, but am confirming we use the Microsoft Purview eDiscovery process for email records request processing.
The metadata findings have still never been addressed.