Dillingham v. Butler Cty. Prosecutor's Office

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 3654

Syllabus

public record court of claims R.C. 2743.75 R.C. 149.43(B)(8) inmate delivery R.C. 2930. Overview: Requester inmate sought records pertaining to his criminal case, as well as to a criminal investigation he had initiated against an investigating officer. The Prosecutor's Office argued that Dillingham had not complied with the procedure required in R.C. 149.43(B)(8) for inmates seeking law enforcement investigatory records, and that it had never received Dillingham's public records request. The Special Master recommended that the court find, 1) the court had no authority over Dillingham's claim to enforce R.C. Chapter 2930, 2) Dillingham failed to show that he had actually delivered his request, and 3) Dillingham had not shown that he complied with R.C. 149.43(B)(8), and respondent thus had no duty to produce the requested records.