State Ex Rel. Miller v. Ohio State Highway Patrol

{¶ 1} This is an appeal of a public-records mandamus case filed initially in the Twelfth District Court of Appeals in Clermont County. Appellant, Mark Miller, asserts that he made a public-records request of appellees, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and its employee Jeff Maute (collectively, “the Patrol”), seeking records related to traffic incidents involving a particular trooper. The Patrol provided some records, but Miller asserts that it continues to withhold video and audio recordings and reports involving the traffic stop and arrest of a particular person on July 15 or 16, 2011. The…