State ex rel. Griffin v. Sehlmeyer
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The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus sought by Relator to compel the production of the public records he requested, holding that Relator was entitled to both the writ and to statutory damages.
Relator, an inmate at the Toledo Correctional Institution (TCI), sought from Respondent, the public-records custodian at TCI, information about the number of staff and inmates at TCI who had been exposed to or who had contracted COVID-19. Respondent offered to provide the information if Relator paid ten cents for a copy of the document. Relator then made another request. When Respondent did not provide documents responsive to the request, Relator sought a writ of mandamus. The Supreme Court granted the writ and awarded statutory damages, holding that Respondent had a clear legal duty to offer to provide the records to Relator at no cost and that Respondent was substantively and procedurally eligible for an award of statutory damages.
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