United States District Court of the Southern District of Ohio /tags/united-states-district-court-of-the-southern-district-of-ohio United States District Court of the Southern District of Ohio en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:03:40 GMT Federal judge says Ohio's Marsy's Law does not protect officers' identities from lawful subpoenas /politics-government/2025-03-25/federal-judge-says-ohios-marsys-law-does-not-protect-officers-identities-from-lawful-subpoenas U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Chief Judge Sarah Morrison affirmed an earlier order from a magistrate judge in the case. The city of Columbus and state of Ohio have been using Marsy's Law to shield officers' names from public release. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:03:40 GMT /politics-government/2025-03-25/federal-judge-says-ohios-marsys-law-does-not-protect-officers-identities-from-lawful-subpoenas George Shillcock Judge orders release of Columbus officers' names who fatally shot man in 2023 despite Marsy's Law /politics-government/2024-12-13/judge-orders-columbus-to-release-names-of-officers-who-fatally-shot-man-in-2023-despite-marsys-law A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ordered the city of Columbus to release the names of several officers involved in the deadly shooting of Jamie Overstreet. A Franklin County grand jury declined to indict the officer who shot Overstreet in September. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:29:21 GMT /politics-government/2024-12-13/judge-orders-columbus-to-release-names-of-officers-who-fatally-shot-man-in-2023-despite-marsys-law George Shillcock Ex-PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo requests to move criminal trial from Cincinnati to Columbus /politics-government/2024-02-09/ex-puco-chair-sam-randazzo-requests-to-move-criminal-trial-from-cincinnati-to-columbus Randazzo is requesting his trial be transferred from Cincinnati to Columbus citing that many of the witnesses the defense may call live in Columbus. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:11:39 GMT /politics-government/2024-02-09/ex-puco-chair-sam-randazzo-requests-to-move-criminal-trial-from-cincinnati-to-columbus George Shillcock Federal Court Rules Ohio Must Allow Gender Changes On Birth Certificates /news/2020-12-17/federal-court-rules-ohio-must-allow-gender-changes-on-birth-certificates A federal court says Ohio can’t keep refusing to allow people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates.The U.S. District Court for the… Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:58:21 GMT /news/2020-12-17/federal-court-rules-ohio-must-allow-gender-changes-on-birth-certificates Associated Press Federal Judge Rejects Lawsuit Against Ohio's Ballot Signature-Matching Process /news/2020-09-28/federal-judge-rejects-lawsuit-against-ohios-ballot-signature-matching-process A federal court has declined to change Ohio's process of signature-matching used to help verify absentee ballots.Judge Michael H. Watson from the U.S.… Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:52:00 GMT /news/2020-09-28/federal-judge-rejects-lawsuit-against-ohios-ballot-signature-matching-process Steve Brown, Clare Roth Coronavirus In Ohio: Attorney General Advising Courts They Can Suspend Jury Trials /news/2020-03-19/coronavirus-in-ohio-attorney-general-advising-courts-they-can-suspend-jury-trials The attorney general is advising Ohio’s courts that they can suspend jury trials to stop the spread of coronavirus.Attorney General Dave Yost’s opinion… Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:18:01 GMT /news/2020-03-19/coronavirus-in-ohio-attorney-general-advising-courts-they-can-suspend-jury-trials Karen Kasler