State ex rel. Dehler v. Spatny

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment by the Court of Appeals for Trumbull County denying the writ sought by appellant, Lambert Dehler, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellees, the director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and various officials and employees of the Trumbull Correctional Institution, to provide him with access to all the records of the prison quartermaster’s orders for and receipt of clothing and shoes for a period of over seven years.

{¶ 2} For the following reasons, the court of appeals properly denied the writ.

{¶ 3} First, as the court of appeals…