The “Court finds at nearly every turn the county put up roadblocks, dragged its feet, hid the ball and otherwise withheld discovery for improper purposes,” Calabrese wrote.
A federal judge ordered that Cuyahoga County prosecutor's must pay attorneys fees for failing to turn over dozens of videos of potential jail abuse in a lawsuit.CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County prosecutors withheld dozens of videos of potential abuse at the jail for “improper purposes” in a lawsuit filed by an inmate with a mental illness, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.him in the face for no reason in October 2019.
“In short, the county’s discovery conduct delayed this litigation and increased the parties’ costs without substantial justification.” Calabrese wrote in his order that he’ll determine at a later date the amount the prosecutor’s office must pay. Prosecutors tried to argue that making the office pay attorneys’ fees is unfair because the money would come from taxpayer money.
Calabrese rejected every argument the county made, including that its attorneys acted properly and that it took an immense amount of time and resources to find and produce the videos. Calabrese wrote that the county “slow walked” giving up the videos and delayed the case.The prosecutor’s office “has no one to blame for its predicament but itself,” Calabrese wrote.in a legal battle that boiled over in recent months over the videos.
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