131 Ohio St. 3d 383 | Ohio | 2012
[Cite as State ex rel. Chatfield v. Flautt, 131 Ohio St.3d 383, 2012-Ohio-1294.]
T HE S TATE EX REL . C HATFIELD , A PPELLANT , v. F LAUTT , P ROS . A TTY ., A PPELLEE . [Cite as State ex rel. Chatfield v. Flautt, 131 Ohio St.3d 383, 2012-Ohio-1294.] Public records—Court of appeals’ judgment denying writ of mandamus affirmed.
(No. 2011-1687—Submitted March 21, 2012—Decided March 28, 2012.) A PPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Perry County, No. 11-CA-6, 2011-Ohio-4659. __________________ Per Curiam. {¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the request
of appellant, inmate James L. Chatfield, for a writ of mandamus ordering appellee, Perry County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph A. Flautt, to turn over certain records to him. R.C. 149.43(B)(8) required a finding by Chatfield’s sentencing judge or the judge’s successor that the requested information was necessary to support what appeared to be a justiciable claim. State ex rel. Barb v. Cuyahoga Cty. Jury Commr. , 124 Ohio St.3d 238, 2010-Ohio-120, 921 N.E.2d 236. Chatfield obtained the requisite judicial finding from the Perry County Court of Common Pleas, but that court specified that the Columbus Police Department, not the Perry County prosecuting attorney, would provide the records. Because Chatfield’s sentencing judge did not determine that the Perry County prosecuting attorney was the person responsible for the requested public records, Chatfield was not entitled to the requested extraordinary relief.
Judgment affirmed. O’C ONNOR , C.J., and P FEIFER , L UNDBERG S TRATTON , O’D ONNELL , L ANZINGER , C UPP , and M C G EE B ROWN , JJ., concur. __________________ S UPREME C OURT OF O HIO James L. Chatfield, pro se. Joseph A. Flautt, Perry County Prosecuting Attorney, pro se.
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