Hawkins v. Southern Ohio Correctional Facility

{¶ 1} In September 2003, appellant, Jomo Hawkins, petitioned the Court of Appeals for Scioto County for a writ of habeas corpus to compel appellees, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility and Ohio Adult Parole Authority, to release him from prison. Hawkins’s petition did not contain his commitment papers, as *300required by R.C. 2725.04(D), or an affidavit describing each civil action or appeal of a civil action that he had filed in the previous five years in any state or federal court, as required by R.C. 2969.25(A). Moreover, Hawkins’s purported verification of his petition was not notarized.

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