Colley v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction

Russell Leach, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an action to recover legal expenses incurred by plaintiff in defense of an action brought against him in federal court under Section 1983, Title 42, U.S.Code. The issues in the case were bifurcated and a trial was held on the sole issue of liability.

{¶2} Plaintiff, Philip Colley, is a Corrections Officer (“CO”) employed by defendant at Allen Correctional Institution (“ACI”). A federal suit was brought against plaintiff by Eduardo Torres, an inmate at ACI, alleging that plaintiff and various other COs violated Torres’s Eighth Amendment rights by subjecting…