Ralph K. Forsythe v. State of Ohio

This is an appeal from the dismissal of the complaint of Ralph K. Forsythe, filed in the District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division. For-sythe is serving a sentence in an Ohio state prison, following conviction for the crime of manslaughter. Relying in his complaint on 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201, 2202, he sought a declaration that his detention was unconstitutional — apparently intending to use that declaration as the basis for a later petition for habeas corpus. His complaint was dismissed for lack of allegations which would give the District Court jurisdiction to entertain…