Wilson v. Department of Rehabilitation & Correction

George, Judge.

On September 15, 1999 and September 17, 1999, plaintiff-appellant, Kenneth Jay Wilson, filed two separate complaints in the Ohio Court of Claims against defendant-appellee, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, along with affidavits of indigency requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis in lieu of paying filing fees and costs. The Clerk of the court accepted plaintiffs complaints and docketed them. Subsequently, however, the Court of Claims denied plaintiffs motions to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissed his complaints for failure to pay the requisite filing fees.…