Case Name: The State ex rel. Striker, Appellant, v. Frary, Clerk, et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2011-09-21
Citations: 130 Ohio St. 3d 81
Docket Number: No. 2011-0570
Parties: The State ex rel. Striker, Appellant, v. Frary, Clerk, et al., Appellees.
Judges: O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 130
Pages: 81–81

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Striker, Appellant, v. Frary, Clerk, et al., Appellees.
[Cite as State ex rel. Striker v. Frary, 130 Ohio St.3d 81, 2011-Ohio-4705.]
(No. 2011-0570
Submitted September 7, 2011
Decided September 21, 2011.)
Lori McGinnis, for appellant.
James J. Mayer Jr., Richland County Prosecuting Attorney, and Daniel J. Benoit, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee Frary.
David L. Remy, Mansfield Law Director, for appellee Smith.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying a writ of mandamus to compel appellees, Richland County Common Pleas Court Clerk Linda Frary and Mansfield Municipal Court Clerk Daniel F. Smith, to provide access to certain records pursuant to R.C. 149.43, Ohio's Public Records Act. As to the records that Striker requested but claims he did not receive, appellees have no duty to provide records that they did not possess. See State ex rel. Striker v. Smith, 129 Ohio St.3d 168, 2011-Ohio-2878, 950 N.E.2d 952, ¶ 28. Nor was Striker entitled to records that he requested initially in his mandamus complaint. State ex rel. Am. Civ. Liberties Union of Ohio, Inc. v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Commrs., 128 Ohio St.3d 256, 2011-Ohio-625, 943 N.E.2d 553, ¶ 33. Appellees complied with their applicable duties.
Judgment affirmed.
O'Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.