Case Title: State ex rel. Qualls v. Story

Citation: 2004-Ohio-6565

Docket Number: 20041452

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2004-12-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State ex rel. Qualls v. Story, 104 Ohio St.3d 343, 2004-Ohio-6565.] 
 
 
THE STATE EX REL. QUALLS, APPELLANT, v. STORY, PROS.  ATTY., APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Qualls v. Story, 104 Ohio St.3d 343, 2004-Ohio-6565.] 
Mandamus — Civil actions by inmate – R.C. 2969.25(C)(1) — Indigency — 
Failure to file statement setting forth balance of inmate account requires 
dismissal. 
(No. 2004-1452 — Submitted November 30, 2004 — Decided December 15, 
2004.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Meigs County, No. 04CA4. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} In June 2004, appellant, Eric A. Qualls, an inmate at Ross 
Correctional Institute, filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for Meigs 
County.  Qualls sought a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Meigs County 
Prosecuting Attorney Pat Story, to turn over certain transcripts, statements, and 
police reports from Qualls’s criminal case to him.  Qualls claimed entitlement to 
these records under Crim.R. 16.  Although Qualls filed two affidavits of 
indigency and a motion to waive docket fees and security deposit with his 
complaint, he did not file the statement required by R.C. 2969.25(C)(1) setting 
forth the balance in his inmate account “for each of the preceding six months, as 
certified by the institutional cashier.” 
{¶ 2} On July 26, 2004, the court of appeals sua sponte dismissed 
Qualls’s complaint. 
{¶ 3} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.  Qualls’s failure to 
comply with R.C. 2969.25(C)(1) required dismissal.  State ex rel. Norris v. 
Giavasis, 100 Ohio St.3d 371, 2003-Ohio-6609, 800 N.E.2d 365.  We also deny 
Qualls’s motion to disqualify the prosecutor’s office. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR and O’DONNELL, JJ., concur. 
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Eric A. Qualls, pro se. 
 
Pat Story, Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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