State ex rel. Ware v. Akron Police Dept.

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 178 Ohio St.3d 369.] THE STATE EX REL . WARE v. AKRON POLICE DEPARTMENT. [Cite as State ex rel. Ware v. Akron Police Dept.,

2025-Ohio-1198.] Mandamus—Public Records Act—R.C. 149.43—Relator failed to establish entitlement to writ compelling respondent to produce requested public records—Because relator failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that he sent public-records request to respondent by certified mail, relator is not entitled to statutory damages—Writ and request for statutory damages denied. (No. 2024-0718—Submitted…