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STATE OF OHIO ) IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
)ss: NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF SUMMIT )
LARRY DEAN
C.A. Nos. 29492
Petitioner 29493
29494
v.
JUDGE KATHRYN MICHAEL, ET AL.
Respondents ORIGINAL ACTION IN
HABEAS CORPUS
Dated: December 4, 2019
PER CURIAM.
{¶1} Larry Dean has attempted to petition this Court for a writ of habeas corpus
to order his release from custody. Respondents Judge Kathryn Michael and Judge James
Kimbler, through counsel, filed a Motion to Dismiss on September 6, 2019. Because Mr.
Dean has not complied with the mandatory requirements of R.C. 2969.25, this Court must
dismiss the petition.
{¶2} R.C. 2969.25 sets forth specific filing requirements for inmates who file a
civil action against a government employee or entity. Judge Kimbler and Judge Michael
are government employees. R.C. 2969.21(C). Mr. Dean, incarcerated in the Trumbull
Correctional Institution, is an inmate. R.C. 2969.21(C) and (D). One of the requirements
is that at the time the civil action is commenced, the inmate must file an affidavit that
contains information regarding any civil action or appeal of a civil action the inmate has
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filed in the previous five years in any state or federal court. R.C. 2969.25(A). Mr. Dean
did not file a R.C. 2969.25(A) affidavit.
{¶3} Mr. Dean also did not pay the cost deposit required by this Court’s Local
Rules and did not comply with R.C. 2969.25(C), which sets forth specific requirements
for an inmate who seeks to proceed without paying the cost deposit. Mr. Dean did not file
an affidavit of indigency, and he did not file a statement of his prisoner trust account that
sets forth the balance in his inmate account for each of the preceding six months, as
certified by the institutional cashier. R.C. 2969.25(C).
{¶4} A case must be dismissed if an inmate fails to comply with the mandatory
requirements of R.C. 2969.25 in the commencement of the action. State ex rel. Graham
v. Findlay Mun. Court,
, ¶ 6 (“The requirements of
R.C. 2969.25 are mandatory, and failure to comply with them subjects an inmate’s action
to dismissal.”).
{¶5} Since the petition does not meet the mandatory filing requirements under
R.C. 2969.25, we need not decide whether it meets the statutory requirements under R.C.
2725, including whether the petition was filed in the correct location, followed the proper
format, and included the required attachments.
{¶6} Because Mr. Dean did not comply with the mandatory requirements of R.C.
2969.25, the case is dismissed. Costs taxed to Mr. Dean.
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{¶7} The clerk of courts is hereby directed to serve upon all parties not in default
notice of this judgment and its date of entry upon the journal. Civ.R. 58.
THOMAS A. TEODOSIO
FOR THE COURT
CONCUR.
CARR, J.
HENSAL, J.
APPEARANCES:
LARRY DEAN, Pro se, Petitioner.
SHERRI BEVAN WALSH, Prosecuting Attorney, and COLLEEN SIMS, Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney, for Respondents.
