Sabouri v. Ohio Department of Job & Family Services

Kennedy, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Jamshid Sabouri, appeals from a judgment of the Ohio Court of Claims dismissing his complaint as being time-barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

Appellant, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint on November 21, 2000, against defendant-appellee, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, alleging a cause of action for defamation based on e-mails sent by appellee’s employees on September 29, 1999. Appellee filed a motion to dismiss in lieu of an answer, asserting that appellant’s defamation claim was time-barred by the one-year statute of…