State ex rel. Brown v. Columbiana Cty. Jail

Citations

• 249 N.E.3d 206
• 2024 Ohio 4969
• 176 Ohio St. 3d 763

Syllabus

Mandamus—Public-records requests—County jail is not a person or office capable of being sued or responsible for public records—Records held by private jail administrators, which maintained quasi-agency relationship with sheriff's office, are public records—Sheriff's office has clear legal duty to obtain from private jail administrators and produce records responsive to inmate's public-records requests—Limited writ granted, ordering sheriff's office to obtain and disclose to inmate any additional public records responsive to his requests or else certify that no additional responsive records exist.