State ex rel. Crigger v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority

Waiver of Fees

Crigger initially asserts that the court of appeals erred by assessing $50 in filing fees against him. He contends that the court of appeals improperly applied R.C. 2969.22 et seq. because these statutes do not apply to habeas corpus actions and R.C. 2725.28 precluded the court from requiring that he pay the $50 filing fee.

However, Crigger’s own attachment to his affidavit of waiver and indigency indicated that the prison cashier certified that he had funds in his account to cover the fee. Crigger was not indigent, and we therefore need not address his contention that R.C.…