Renfro v. Ohio State Of et al

Filing 15

DECISION AND ORDER - On Motion of the Petitioner (Doc. No. 14 ) and for good cause shown, the above captioned action is hereby dismissed without prejudice and the Report and Recommendations recommending dismissal with prejudice (Doc. No. 13 ) is W ITHDRAWN. The Petition herein was filed pre-judgment and Petitioner has still not exhausted his available remedies in the Ohio courts, so dismissal without prejudice will not prevent him from returning to federal court once he has exhausted those remedies. Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael R Merz on 6/4/2012. (sc1)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION AT CINCINNATI
RICARDO RENFRO,
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Petitioner,

Case No. 1:11-cv-430
:

Chief Judge Susan J. Dlott
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz

-vsSTATE OF OHIO, et al.,
:
Respondents.

DECISION AND ORDER

On Motion of the Petitioner (Doc. No. 14) and for good cause shown, the above captioned
action is hereby dismissed without prejudice and the Report and Recommendations
recommending dismissal with prejudice (Doc. No. 13) is WITHDRAWN. The Petition herein
was filed pre-judgment and Petitioner has still not exhausted his available remedies in the Ohio
courts, so dismissal without prejudice will not prevent him from returning to federal court once he
has exhausted those remedies.
June 4, 2012.
s/ Michael R. Merz
United States Magistrate Judge

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