Cincinnati Police Misconduct Settlement Ordered Discloseable Despite Protective Order Or Confidentiality Provision by The Cincinnati Enquirer (Enquirer) sought production in mandamus of a settlement agreement which the appellate court denied in 2002 as exempt "trial preparation" records. The denial was reversed, and the Enquirer was awarded attorney's fees. A U.S. …
OH PRA Only Required that Indigent Prisoner Be Given One Free Copy of Trial Transcript by Jonathan Call, an Ohio state prisoner, filed a mandamus action in state court to compel an appellate court judge to provide him with a free copy of his trial transcripts, pursuant to the state …
OH Prisoners Must Get Court Order Declaring Documents Necessary for Actionable Cause Before PRA Requires Disclosure by Daniel Ritter, an Ohio state prisoner, petitioned for a Writ of Mandamus to compel a trial judge to provide him with documents associated with his criminal proceeding, pursuant to the state Public Records …
OH DOC Not Required to Take Prisoners Outside of Prison for Religious Rites by Ralf Beasley, an Ohio state prisoner, wanted to convert to Orthodox Judaism, but to do so he would have to visit an outside synagogue to receive a ritual bath called a Mikvah. When prison officials refused …
Murder Cover Up Action By Sharonville, Ohio Police Settles For $1.5 Million by City of Sharonville (Ohio) officials engaged in a $1.5 million settlement in 2006 which dismissed a federal suit for police misconduct. Detective James Cramer, under the supervision of then police chief William Nuss, allegedly hindered an investigation …
Ohio DNA Testing Provisions Allow Relevancy Determination Prior To Requiring Mitigative Submission by The Ohio State Court of Appeals reversed the denial of DNA testing requests by prisoner Paul Buehler concerning his 1985 murder conviction but certified a conflict of statutory authority to the Supreme Court. The denial was reinstated …
Henricks v. Pickaway CI, OH, Complaint, Appendicitis Misdiagnosis, 2008 Case: 2:08-cv-00580-GCS-MRA Doc #: 3 Filed: 06/18/08 Page: 1 of 79 PAGEID #: 95 R c::;'. <""~JVEft THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT ~-' . ifOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO JUN 17 2006 JAMl<A> ~'--'NINI, CLERK COLUMBUS, OHIO Jgl:m HeRrieks …
Ohio Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Lawsuit Settles For $100,000 by On May 24, 2007, an Ohio prisoner who claimed he suffered permanent back injury after guards beat him at the Delaware County Jail accepted a $100,000 settlement to end his lawsuit against the county and others. Plaintiff Steven Foster, 23, …
Federal FIOA Doesn’t Apply to OH State Agencies by Jan Becker, an Ohio state prisoner, petitioned for a Writ of Mandamus in state court to compel the state Highway Patrol to disclose documents under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 551(1) et seq. and the state …
Ohio Prisoner May be Entitled Under PRA to Documents Identifying Guards Who Beat Him by Timothy Conley, an Ohio state prisoner, petitioned for a Writ of Mandamus in state court to compel prison officials to disclose documents identifying guards who had beaten him several times. The trial court dismissed the …
My Space Becomes “No Space” for Online Sex Offenders by David Reutter My Space Becomes "No Space" for Online Sex Offenders by David M. Reutter After online social networking giant MySpace.com, under pressure, disclosed on July 24, 2007 that it had purged 29,000 sex offender profiles from its website, state …
Ohio Prison Employee Loses Suit Over Supervisor Bugging Her Desk by The plaintiff civilian employee found a microphone by her desk; her supervisor admitted he had bugged her because he thought there were racial problems in the office. He was suspended; nothing happened to her. She had no claim against …
Amended Complaint Can Sue Cops in Individual Capacity by A complaint in a police brutality suit did not specify the capacity in which the defendants were sued. A later amended complaint that specified their individual capacities related back to the time of the original complaint. This may not have been …
First Amendment Protects Sex Discrimination Complaint Against State Police by The plaintiff, who runs an automobile towing company, said that a Highway Patrol official retaliated against her by removing her from the Patrol's towing referral list because she had filed a sex discrimination complaint with a state agency. At 770-71: …
Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …
Ohio Man Paid $1.5 Million for 26 Years' Wrongful Imprisonment by In April 2007, an Ohio jury awarded $1.5 million to Plaintiff Gary James, who spent 26 years in prison for a robbery and murder he didn't commit. James, now 54, and his friend, Timothy Howard, were arrested in 1976 …
OH Prisoner's Attorney's Rule 11 Sanctions Nullified by Jeffrey Salkil was arrested for drunk driving and placed in the jail for Madison County, Ohio. Because he refused to submit to urinalysis testing, his driver's license was suspended. He completed an affidavit of indigency and asked to have a lawyer appointed …
OH DOC Not Required to Take Prisoners Outside of Prison for Religious Rites by Ralf Beasley, an Ohio state prisoner, wanted to convert to Orthodox Judaism, but to do so he would have to visit an outside synagogue to receive a ritual bath called a Mikvah. When prison officials refused …
OH Mental Health Service Not Subject to Public Records Act by The state of Ohio created a mental health services board (Board), which was to contract with and govern private mental health providers to ensure that even indigents and the uninsured could receive mental health services. The Board in Stark …
Wrongfully Imprisoned Ohio Man Settles With State for $260,000 by On April 10, 2007, the State of Ohio paid $260,000 to a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for four years. Plaintiff Dartangnan Hill, a former gang leader, was convicted in May 2001 on charges of home invasion. Hill was accused …
