J OSEPH T. D ET ERS
HAMILTON COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
230 EAST NINTH STREET, SUITE 4000
CINCINNATI, OH 45202-2151
PHONE: (513) 946-3000
FAX: (513) 946-3017
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July 22, 2019
Hand-Delivered
The Honorable Patrick Dinkelacker
Judge, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
1000 Main Street, Room 360
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Dear Honorable Patrick Dinkelacker:
You and I have known each other professionally and personally for almost 40 years.
Today, you are going to impose the sentence Judge Norbert Nadel gave former Judge Tracie
Hunter after she was indicted by a grand jury, convicted by a petit jury, and upheld by every
court in Ohio. It was also reviewed by the federal district court and the 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals and upheld.
She has not once shown remorse. She has been incredibly disrespectful to you and the
justice system. She has, in the face of the fact that my office removed itself in any way from her
prosecution, blamed us for her plight. That being said, I believe she has some type of mental
condition that has created this scenario.
Although we are not the prosecutors in this particular case, I ask as a friend of the court
to consider an evaluation of her prior to imposing Judge Nadel’s sentence. I have nothing but the
greatest respect for you as a judge, and more importantly, as a person. I know in my heart that
you will do what you believe is just. I’ve know you too long to believe otherwise. But, she has
basically lost everything professionally. A review of her stability to serve jail time hurts no one
and may, in some way, aid in your decision to impose the sentence.
With Greatest Respect,

Joseph T. Deters
JTD/mag