Damron v. Ohio Parole Bd.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 4959

Syllabus

The trial court did not err by dismissing plaintiff-appellant's complaint for a declaratory judgment for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. An inmate has no clear legal right to review his parole record prior to a parole hearing, and appellant did not allege that he was denied the right to respond to information discussed at his parole hearing or to submit additional pertinent information following the hearing. Appellant's complaint contained no nonspeculative facts that the parole board denied him meaningful consideration for parole by failing to produce copies of the materials upon which the parole board relied, by basing its decision on substantively incorrect information, or by basing its decision on an unwritten \first flop\ policy.