State ex rel. Fuller v. Mengel

{¶ 1} In March 1999, appellant, Johnny R. Fuller, submitted a notice of appeal, an affidavit of indigency, and a memorandum in support of jurisdiction to the Clerk’s Office of the Supreme Court of Ohio for filing. By letter dated March 2, 1999, appellee Deputy Clerk Rita Nash informed Fuller that his memorandum had not been filed because his appeal was as of right.

{¶ 2} Fuller subsequently mailed a brief that was received by the Clerk’s Office in October 1999. By letter dated October 20, 1999, Nash returned the brief to Fuller because he had failed to perfect his appeal within the time period…