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April 4, 2019

John David Nielson, San Juan County Clerk/Auditor

Kelly Pehrson, San Juan County Administrator
Monticello, Utah

Re: GRAMA requests for attorney/client privileged documents

Gentlemen:

As you know, I represent Kenneth Maryboy and Willie Grayeyes. I am a pa1tner with Maynes,
Bradford, Shipps and Shefte!, LLP, a firm with offices in Durango and Denver, Colorado. I often
work with an associate of the firm, Rhonda Tuni, fho is a fonner judge of the Navajo Nation
courts and is licensed in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. I am writing to the two of you in
your capacities as the San Juan County Records Officer and as the County Administrator,
respectively.

In recent weeks, there have been a number of requests submitted to the County, pursuant to the
Utah Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA), for records pertaining to
my clients. Several of the requests have asked for copies of correspondence, including email and
text messages, between me and my clients. Most recently, Bill Keshlear has asked for a
mediation with the Government Records Ombudsman for the Utah State Archives, Rosemary
Cundiff, in an effort that seems to be focused on obtaining correspondence between me and my
clients. There has also been a request from Kim Henderson for correspondence between me and
my clients, which also goes so far as to request communications between me and my associate,
Rhonda Tuni (misidentified in the request as "R. Atene").

I am writing this letter to advise you that my communications with my clients and my fellow
attorneys are not subject to disclosure under the GRAMA. I have advised my clients to not
provide such private, privileged correspondence to the County, nor will I provide copies of such
correspondence. You may wish to discuss this matter with the San Juan County Attorney,
Kendall Laws, but I would recommend you send a copy of this letter to future GRAMA
requestors who are seeking copies of correspondence between my clients and me.

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