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STATE EX REL. BARDWELL v. CUYAHOGA CTY.

No. 2009-2140.

127 Ohio St.3d 202 (2010)

2010-Ohio-5073

THE STATE EX REL. BARDWELL, Appellant, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc., Brian J. Laliberte , and Carrie L. Davis , for appellant.

William D. Mason , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Charles E. Hannan , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

CUPP, J.

{¶ 1} The issue before the court is whether the court of appeals abused its discretion when it imposed Civ.R. 11 sanctions against appellant, Brian Bardwell, for filing a pro se public-records mandamus complaint in bad faith. For the following reasons, we hold that the court did not abuse its discretion, and we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

Facts

{¶ 2} On March 26, 2009, Bardwell personally...

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