Trice v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. Corr., 07ap-828 (3-25-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Derek Trice, appeals from a judgment of the Ohio Court of Claims granting the summary judgment motion of defendant-appellee, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction ("ODRC"), and denying plaintiff's summary judgment motion. Because the trial court properly granted summary judgment to ODRC, and denied summary judgment to plaintiff on plaintiff's claim that ODRC falsely imprisoned him, we affirm.

{¶ 2} The facts underlying plaintiff's appeal are undisputed. According to evidence submitted with the cross-motions for summary judgment, on January 21, 2004,…