State ex rel. Brown v. Sackett

Summary

The Ohio Supreme Court granted Brown’s mandamus request for a copy of the CoreCivic‑ODRC contract, conditioned on payment of copying costs, and awarded $1,000 in statutory damages, while denying his earlier request for assault‑related records, related statutory damages, and several procedural motions. The court also rejected the argument that Brown must exhaust administrative grievance procedures before seeking public‑records relief.