A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has ruled, in a case handled by Karl Olson of Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski, that records showing how the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) failed to properly monitor accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido should be made public.

Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski represented The Sacramento Bee and other media outlets in the case. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette ruled in favor of The Bee on February 5 in a Public Records Act case seeking access to CDCR's records, including the Garrido parole file.

CDCR and the California Inspector General appealed. The California Court of Appeal on March 1 denied CDCR's appeal but ordered further briefing on the Inspector General's appeal. CDCR released its parole file on Garrido on February 12, 2010. The case has received widespread public attention.