Dalton v. Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation

Plaintiff-appellant, Bruce D. Dalton, appeals from an order of the Court of Claims of Ohio sua sponte dismissing defendant-appellee, Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County (“common pleas court”). Plaintiff sets forth one assignment of error asserting that the trial court erred in dismissing defendant, common pleas court, as the common pleas court is an instrumentality of the state pursuant to R.C. 2743.01 and, further, is subject to joinder in the Court of Claims pursuant to Civ. R. 20(A).

Plaintiffs complaint alleges that on November 25,1980, he was indicted by the Grand Jury of Cuyahoga…