State ex rel. Brown v. Henson

2014 Ohio 194

• Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
• Decided: January 21, 2014
• Docket: 13CA82
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Cite as State ex rel. Brown v. Henson, 2014-Ohio-194.]

COURT OF APPEALS RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

STATE OF OHIO, EX. REL., JUDGES: STEPHAN D. L. BROWN Hon. W. Scott Gwin, P.J. Hon. William B. Hoffman, J. Petitioner Hon. Craig R. Baldwin, J.

-vs- Case No. 13CA82

HONORABLE JUDGE JAMES HENSON OPINION

Respondent

CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING: Writ of Procedendo

JUDGMENT: Dismissed

DATE OF JUDGMENT ENTRY: January 21, 2014

APPEARANCES:

For Respondent For Petitioner

JAMES J. MAYER, JR. STEPHAN D. BROWN, PRO SE Prosecuting Attorney #544-406 Richland County, Ohio P.O. Box 57 Marion Correctional Institution By: JOHN C. NIEFT Marion, Ohio 43302 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney 38 S. Park St. Mansfield, Ohio 44902 [Cite as State ex rel. Brown v. Henson, 2014-Ohio-194.]

Hoffman, J.

{¶1} Petitioner, Stephan Brown, has filed a “Petition for Writ of Procedendo”

asking this Court to order Respondent, Judge James Henson, to rule on a motion for jail

time credit filed in the trial court in December 2012. Respondent has filed a motion to

dismiss the complaint as moot. Petitioner has not filed a response to the motion to

dismiss.

{¶2} The Supreme Court has explained, “For a writ of procedendo, [a

petitioner] must show a clear legal right to require the court to proceed, a clear legal

duty on the part of the court to proceed, and the lack of an adequate remedy in the

ordinary course of the law. State ex rel. Sherrills v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common

Pleas, 72 Ohio St.3d 461, 462, 650 N.E.2d 899 (1995). A writ of procedendo is proper

when a court has refused to enter judgment or has unnecessarily delayed proceeding to

judgment. State ex rel. Crandall, Pheils & Wisniewski v. DeCessna, 73 Ohio St.3d 180,

184, 652 N.E.2d 742 (1995).” State ex rel. Culgan v. Collier (2013), 135 Ohio St.3d

436, 437, 988 N.E.

{¶3} Additionally, the Supreme Court has held that a judge’s performance of

the requested act makes the complaint in procedendo moot. State ex rel. Hazel v.

Bender, 129 Ohio St.3d 496, 496, 954 N.E.2d 114, 115 (Ohio,2011). 3

{¶4} Subsequent to the filing of the instant complaint, Respondent ruled on the

motion for jail time credit. For this reason, we grant the motion to dismiss the instant

petition as moot.

By: Hoffman, J.

Gwin, P.J. and

Baldwin, J. concur