Schrock v. Doak

2017 Ohio 890

• Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
• Decided: March 13, 2017
• Docket: 2016-P-0072
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Cite as Schrock v. Doak, 2017-Ohio-890.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO

MATTHEW M. SCHROCK, : PER CURIAM OPINION

Petitioner, : CASE NO. 2016-P-0072 - vs - :

DAVID DOAK, :

Respondent. :

Original Action for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Judgment: Petition dismissed.

Matthew M. Schrock, pro se, PID: A692-096, Lorain Correctional Institution, 2075 South Avon-Belden Road, Grafton, OH 44044 (Petitioner).

Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecutor, and Kristina Reilly, Assistant Prosecutor, 241 South Chestnut Street, Ravenna, OH 44266 (For Respondent).

PER CURIAM.

{¶1} November 18, 2016, Matthew M. Schrock petitioned this court to issue its

writ of habeas corpus directed to David Doak, Portage County Sheriff. Sheriff Doak

moved to dismiss the petition December 20, 2016, and Mr. Schrock filed a response

January 12, 2017. For the following reasons, we dismiss the petition.

{¶2} R.C. 2725.04 governs writs of habeas corpus, and provides:

{¶3} “Application for the writ of habeas corpus shall be by petition, signed and verified either by the party for whose relief it is intended, or by some person for him, and

shall specify:

{¶4} “(A) That the person in whose behalf the application is made is

imprisoned, or restrained of his liberty;

{¶5} “(B) The officer, or name of the person by whom the prisoner is so

confined or restrained; or, if both are unknown or uncertain, such officer or person may

be described by an assumed appellation and the person who is served with the writ is

deemed the person intended;

{¶6} “(C) The place where the prisoner is so imprisoned or restrained, if

known;

{¶7} “(D) A copy of the commitment or cause of detention of such person shall

be exhibited, if it can be procured without impairing the efficiency of the remedy; or, if

the imprisonment or detention is without legal authority, such fact must appear.”

{¶8} Mr. Schrock’s petition is unverified, and thus, subject to dismissal. Malone

v. Lane, 96 Ohio St.3d 415, 2002-Ohio-4908, ¶6.

{¶9} Mr. Schrock has not attached a copy of his commitment papers, which

also subjects his petition to dismissal. R.C. 2725.04(D); Waites v. Gansheimer, 110

Ohio St.3d 250, 2006-Ohio-4358, ¶7.

{¶10} R.C. 2969.25 provides, in relevant part:

{¶11} “(A) At the time that an inmate commences a civil action or appeal against

a government entity or employee, the inmate shall file with the court an affidavit that

contains a description of each civil action or appeal of a civil action that the inmate has

filed in the previous five years in any state or federal court. The affidavit shall include all

2 of the following for each of those civil actions or appeals:

{¶12} “(1) A brief description of the nature of the civil action or appeal;

{¶13} “(2) The case name, case number, and the court in which the civil action

or appeal was brought;

{¶14} “(3) The name of each party to the civil action or appeal;

{¶15} “(4) The outcome of the civil action or appeal, including whether the court

dismissed the civil action or appeal as frivolous or malicious under state or federal law

or rule of court, whether the court made an award against the inmate or the inmate’s

counsel of record for frivolous conduct under section 2323.51 of the Revised Code,

another statute, or a rule of court, and, if the court so dismissed the action or appeal or

made an award of that nature, the date of the final order affirming the dismissal or

award.”

{¶16} The Supreme Court of Ohio has held that an R.C. 2969.25 affidavit must

be filed in conjunction with petitions for writs of habeas corpus. Fuqua v. Williams, 100

Ohio St.3d 211, 2003-Ohio-5533. Mr. Schrock did not file such an affidavit again

subjecting his petition to dismissal.

{¶17} It is the order of this court that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is

dismissed.

CYNTHIA WESTCOTT RICE, P.J., THOMAS R. WRIGHT, J., COLLEEN MARY O’TOOLE, J., concur.