State ex rel. Bortoli v. Dinkelacker

105 Ohio St. 3d 133

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: March 16, 2005
• Docket: No. 2004-1473
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} On July 30, 2004, appellant, Barry Bortoli, filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County. Bortoli requested a writ of procedendo to compel appellee, Judge Patrick Dinkelacker of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, to rule on Bortoli’s November 21, 2003 motion to vacate his guilty plea. Judge Dinkelacker moved to dismiss Bortoli’s complaint because he had already entered an order denying the motion on December 18, 2003.

Barry Bortoli, pro se. Michael K. Allen, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and James Michael Keeling, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

{¶ 2} On August 26, 2004, the court of appeals granted the judge’s motion and dismissed the complaint.

{¶ 3} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. A writ of procedendo will not issue to compel the performance of a duty that has already been performed. State ex rel. Howard v. Show, 102 Ohio St.3d 423, 2004-Ohio-3652, 811 N.E.2d 1128, ¶ 9. And insofar as Bortoli claims that he did not receive sufficient notice of Judge Dinkelacker’s entry denying Bortoli’s motion to vacate his guilty plea, he has or had adequate remedies by delayed appeal and motion for relief from judgment to raise this claim. State ex rel. Ahmed v. Costine, 103 Ohio St.3d 166, 2004-Ohio-4756, 814 N.E.2d 865, ¶ 5.

Judgment affirmed.

Moyer, C.J., Resnick, Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell and Lanzinger, JJ., concur.