State ex rel. Straughter v. Ohio Dep't of Rehabilitation & Correction
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The Supreme Court denied Relator's complaint seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) to provide documents in response to submitted public records requests, holding that this action was moot.
Relator, an inmate at the London Correctional Institution, sent several requests to the DRC for records and kites. DRC provided a requested record and concluded that the remaining records were electronic kites. Relator then made subsequent requests. The DRC denied the requests and ultimately gave Relator a formal directive to stop the repetitive requests. Relator then filed his mandamus complaint. The Supreme Court denied the writ and awarded Relator $1,000 in statutory damages, holding (1) Relator's requests for the kites were moot because the DRC provided all the requested kites; and (2) Relator was entitled to statutory damages.
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