Griffin v. McFaul

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying a writ of habeas corpus. Because the petition seeking the writ is fatally defective, we affirm.

{¶ 2} In March 2007, appellant, Theron Griffin, filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County for a writ of habeas corpus to compel appellee, Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald T. McFaul, to release him from confinement in the county jail. Griffin did not attach any commitment papers, and his “affidavit of verification” was not notarized. Griffin’s purported R.C. 2969.25(A) affidavit, describing each civil action or appeal of a civil action…