Case Title: Hughley v. Saunders

Citation: 2009-Ohio-4089

Docket Number: 20090530

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2009-08-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as Hughley v. Saunders, 123 Ohio St.3d 90, 2009-Ohio-4089.] 
 
 
HUGHLEY, APPELLANT, v. SAUNDERS, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Hughley v. Saunders, 123 Ohio St.3d 90, 2009-Ohio-4089.] 
Habeas corpus — Petition insufficient — R.C. 2725.04. 
(No. 2009-0530 — Submitted August 11, 2009 — Decided August 20, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Fairfield County, No. 09 CA 6,  
2009-Ohio-1294. 
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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 of appellant, Kevin Hughley.  Hughley’s 
petition was fatally defective and subject to dismissal because he failed to comply 
with the commitment-paper and verification requirements of R.C. 2725.04.  
Griffin v. McFaul, 116 Ohio St.3d 30, 2007-Ohio-5506, 876 N.E.2d 527, ¶ 4.  
Hughley’s petition failed to include specific facts to support his statement that his 
commitment papers and verification could not be obtained without impairing the 
efficiency of the remedy.  Goudlock v. Voorhies, 119 Ohio St.3d 398, 2008-Ohio-
4787, 894 N.E.2d 692, ¶ 15.  Even if ─ as Hughley claims ─ the prison’s record 
office would not give him a copy of his commitment papers, there is no allegation 
in his petition that he sought those papers from the clerk’s office of his sentencing 
court.  And although Hughley’s petition contains an “affidavit on claims” that is 
notarized, there is no statement in which he expressly swears to the truth of the 
allegations in his petition.  Chari v. Vore (2001), 91 Ohio St.3d 323, 327, 744 
N.E.2d 763. 
Judgment affirmed. 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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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