Jackson v. Cuyahoga Cty. Job & Family Services

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 4785

Syllabus

Public records; R.C. 149.43(C); R.C. 149.43(B)(3); R.C. 2743.75; Ohio Department of Job and Family Services was not a proper respondent because requester did not demonstrate she made a public records request from that public office. When the public office came into possession of the requested public records from a separate public office and provided the public records to requester during the pendency of the proceedings, the public records violations alleged by requester were rendered moot. Requester did not properly claim that the public office failed to explain its denial of a public records request. The public office properly explained its failure to provide the requested public record when it explained that it found the requested public record at a separate public office and then provided the requested public record to requester. Public policy concerns as to the Ohio Public Records Act are to be addressed by the General Assembly, not the court.