Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora is appealing a decision by an Akron Federal Court judge to deny his request for release from prison.
WKYC Channel 3 News reports that Dimora's attorneys filed the appeal with the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnnatti.
Dimora has been in federal prison at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown since he was convicted on 33 of 34 corruption counts on March 9th during a trial in U.S. District Court in Akron.
On March 20, Dimora asked U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi to be released prior to his July 25 sentencing and his still-scheduled second trial set to begin Oct. 17th.
