Ohio Supreme Court

State ex rel. Stokes v. Combs

April 7, 20262026 Ohio 1209

Summary

The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the Tenth District Court of Appeals’ dismissal of Stokes’s mandamus action, holding that R.C. 2969.25(A)(2) requires an inmate to list case numbers for both prior civil actions and the appeals of those actions, and that Stokes’s affidavit failed to do so. The Court also rejected Stokes’s due‑process and vagueness arguments.