Glenn Tinney v. Richland County

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Glenn Tinney appeals from the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings and grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants in a case involving allegations of civil rights violations. Tinney sued Richland County, Ohio; James Mayer, III, Administrator of the Estate of James Mayer, II; Joseph Masi; David Mesaros; and unknown employees of Richland County; alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. 1 Tinney claims that Defendants knowingly secured false confessions used to perfect a guilty plea, which served as the basis for a conviction later vacated.…