Ralph Smith v. David Silvernail

Type

Opinion

Author

Eric L. Clay

Filed

Jan. 13, 2025

Case

Ralph Smith v. David Silvernail

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0010n.06 No. 24-3187 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Jan 13, 2025 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) RALPH SMITH, ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR v. ) THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ) OHIO DAVID SILVERNAIL, et al., ) Defendants-Appellants. ) OPINION ) ) Before: SILER, CLAY, and READLER, Circuit Judges. CLAY, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Ralph Smith was convicted in 2000 for the purported robbery of a family’s home in Pickerington, Ohio. Twenty-one years later, the emergence of exculpatory evidence prompted the state court to grant a new trial and the local prosecuting attorney to drop the case against Plaintiff. Shortly after his release, Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the investigating detective in his case, David Silvernail (“Detective Silvernail”); the assistant prosecuting attorney, Gregg Marx (“Marx”); and their respective employers, the City of Pickerington and Fairfield County. The district court granted Marx’s motion to dismiss and later granted summary judgment in favor of the remaining defendants. Plaintiff appeals both judgments. For the reasons that …

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