State ex rel. Whitfield v. Burkhart

Summary

The Ohio Supreme Court held that the mandamus action was moot because the requested inmate kites were eventually produced, but affirmed the award of $500 in statutory damages for the public‑records officer’s unreasonable delay. It further held that a correctional institution’s public‑information officer may not redirect a public‑records request to another employee and that multiple same‑day requests constitute a single request for purposes of calculating statutory damages.