State ex rel. Brown v. Columbiana Cty. Jail

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 176 Ohio St.3d 763.] THE STATE EX REL . BROWN v. COLUMBIANA COUNTY J AIL ET AL . [Cite as State ex rel. Brown v. Columbiana Cty. Jail,

2024-Ohio-4969.] Mandamus—Public-records requests—County jail is not a person or office capable of being sued or responsible for public records—Records held by private jail administrators, which maintained quasi-agency relationship with sheriff’s office, are public records—Sheriff’s office has clear legal duty to obtain from private jail administrators and produce records responsive to inmate’s…