In Re Pacifico for Sealing of Records

Fain, Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Larry Pacifico appeals from a judgment overruling his petition for the sealing of records relating to his conviction in federal court. Pacifico asserts that the trial court erred by finding that the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States prohibited it from expunging the records of his federal convictions pursuant to R.C. 2953.32(A).

We conclude that while common pleas courts in this state are without jurisdiction or constitutional authority to order federal courts, agencies, or officials to seal federal conviction records, common pleas courts…