In Staton v. Henry (Apr. 27, 1998), 12th Dist. No. CA97-10-184, 1998 Ohio App, Staton had been employed to teach courses at Miami University. Ultimately, Staton was denied tenure and the university declined to renew his contract. Staton sued the university in the Court of Claims. Subsequently, he sued the university and individual employees of the university involved with the tenure determination in common pleas court, for the first time setting forth Section 1983, Title 42, U.S.Code claims. The trial court dismissed Staton's claims against the individual defendants on the basis that he had waived those claims under R.C. 2743.02(A)(1). On appeal, the Twelfth District agreed that Staton had waived his federal claims under R.C. 2743.02(A)(1), despite the fact that he did not pursue those claims in the Court of Claims. The court noted, however, that "personal immunity for state officers and employees under R.C. 9.86 is expressly limited to civil actions arising under the laws of Ohio, so the exclusive, original subject matter jurisdiction afforded the Court of Claims by R.C. 2743.02(F) does not apply to federal claims."