Augustine v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction

Ronald Augustine attempted an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County from an order of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction denying his application for a shock parole hearing. The department’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction was sustained and the case was dismissed.

Augustine has appealed, asserting that the common pleas court erred in dismissing the appeal, and has alleged that there was jurisdiction for the appeal pursuant to R.C. 119.12.

The trial court properly dismissed the attempted appeal. R.C. 119.12 permits appeals by a party…