State ex rel. Lawrence v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 509

Syllabus

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Relator abandoned several requests for public records that he did not argue in support of in brief—Correctional institution prohibited from denying inmate's request for his master file based on the file not being stored at the institution; if Department of Rehabilitation and Correction possesses the master file, it must be produced, subject to redactions permitted by law—Public office established that correction officers' work schedules and posts are security records exempt from production under R.C. 149.433—A public office does not have a duty to create new records to satisfy a public-records request—Limited writ granted, relator's request for statutory damages deferred until public office complies with limited writ, and relator's request for court costs denied.