He got suspended, lost a promotion, and quit - but the complaint says the wrong person took the fall
A corrections corporal who says his supervisor blamed him for someone else’s mistake has cleared a major hurdle in his lawsuit.
The Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals ruled on November 12, 2026, that the supervisor at the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department cannot use statutory immunity to escape the case at this early stage.
The officer worked in corrections from 2011 to 2020, earning the rank of corporal in 2017 and collecting positive performance reviews along the way.
Then came July 2019.
According to the complaint, as recounted by the court, the officer was accused of violating procedure and erroneously releasing an inmate from the Cuyahoga County Jail. But the complaint alleged it was actually the supervisor - not the officer - who violated the corrections center’s handbook policies and caused the release. The filing further alleged the supervisor “provided false information/statements” at a pre-disciplinary conference and on prior occasions.
The fallout was swift. The officer was suspended on September 13, 2019. By November 2019, the complaint alleged, he was denied a promotion based on the now-tainted disciplinary record.
The complaint described the supervisor’s conduct as “wrongful reprimands, scapegoating, retaliation, wrongful discipline and other conduct designed to harass” the officer. Eventually, the filing alleged, the officer’s “employment with Cuyahoga...
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