State ex rel. Swanson v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction

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The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus, holding that the court of appeals correctly dismissed Appellant's petition for noncompliance with Ohio Rev. Code 2969.25(A).Appellant, an inmate at the Marion Correctional Institution, filed a mandamus petition alleging that the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction had miscalculated his maximum-sentence release date. Appellant attached to his compliant an affidavit listing three civil actions he had filed in the previous five years, but the list did not include a mandamus action Appellant had filed two weeks earlier. The court of appeals dismissed the case for failure to comply with the mandatory requirements of section 2969.25(A). The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that because the affidavit listed some, but not all, of Appellant's prior actions, the petition was correctly dismissed. View "State ex rel. Swanson v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction" on Justia Law