State ex rel. Parker Bey v. Byrd
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The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus to compel the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts to produce various court records and denying the clerk's request that Appellant be declared a vexatious litigator, holding that the court of appeals erred in denying Appellant's complaint on the grounds that he did not invoke the Rules of Superintendence as the basis for his request.
Appellant sought copies of journal entries from his criminal case and a copy of the clerk of courts' records-retention schedule. The clerk largely denied the request. Appellant then filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus. The court of appeals denied Appellant's request for mandamus relief, concluding that the clerk had no clear legal duty to provide the requested records. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) this action to compel the production of journal entries from a 1995 case was properly brought under the Public Records Act; and (2) this Court declines to impose sanctions on Appellant or to declare him a vexatious litigator.
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