Case Title: Hughley v. Saunders

Citation: 2009-Ohio-257

Docket Number: 20081885

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2009-01-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Hughley v. Saunders, 121 Ohio St.3d 2, 2009-Ohio-257.] 
 
 
HUGHLEY, APPELLANT, v. SAUNDERS, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Hughley v. Saunders, 121 Ohio St.3d 2, 2009-Ohio-257.] 
Appeal from dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus – Failure to attach 
pertinent commitment papers – Judgment affirmed. 
(No. 2008-1885 — Submitted January 14, 2009 — Decided January 28, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Fairfield County,  
No. 08-CA-53, 2008-Ohio-4417. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by appellant, Kevin Hughley, because he 
failed to attach copies of all of his pertinent commitment papers to his petition.  
R.C. 2725.04(D); Day v. Wilson, 116 Ohio St.3d 566, 2008-Ohio-82, 880 N.E.2d 
919, ¶ 4.  Although Hughley claims that he could not obtain copies of his 
commitment papers, there is no allegation in his petition that he requested copies 
of them from his sentencing court.  Cf. Goudlock v. Voorhies, 119 Ohio St.3d 
398, 2008-Ohio-4787, 894 N.E.2d 692, ¶ 15 (failure by habeas corpus petitioner 
to detail specific facts to support contention that a bindover entry could not be 
obtained without impairing the efficiency of the remedy of the writ).1  Hughley 
claimed only that the “record office,” presumably of his prison, would not give 
him a “commitment verification form.” 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O'DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
                                                 
1.  We deny Hughley’s motions to strike appellee’s brief and to accept his statement of facts as 
true. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Kevin Hughley, pro se. 
 
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and M. Scott Criss, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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