Cornell v. Schotten

Appellant first contends that his duty to submit commitment papers was negated when respondent, J.L. Schotten, Warden of the Trumbull Correctional Institution, supplied a copy of the commitment order with a motion to dismiss the complaint. Appellant further contends that his memorandum in *467opposition to the motion to dismiss cured his failure to comply with R.C. 2725.04(D). However, R.C. 2725.04(D) explicitly requires that a copy of the cause of detention be attached to a petition for habeas corpus. We held in Bloss v. Rogers (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 145, 602 N.E.2d 602, that failure to attach a…