State ex rel. Hassan v. Bova

2013 Ohio 4200

Opinion

[Cite as State ex rel. Hassan v. Bova, 2013-Ohio-4200.]

Court of Appeals of Ohio EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION No. 100260

STATE OF OHIO, EX REL., ALEX HASSAN RELATOR

vs.

FRANK BOVA RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT: PETITION DISMISSED

Writ of Habeas Corpus Order No. 468181

RELEASE DATE: September 23, 2013 FOR RELATOR

Alex Hassan, pro se Inmate No. 0161587 Cuyahoga County Jail P.O. Box 5600 Cleveland, OH 44101

ATTORNEYS FOR RESPONDENT

Timothy J. McGinty Cuyahoga County Prosecutor

By: James M. Price Assistant County Prosecutor The Justice Center, 8th Floor 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, OH 44113 EILEEN A. GALLAGHER, J.:

{¶1} Alex Hassan has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Hassan asserts

that he is entitled to immediate release from incarceration “since he is being held illegally

by respondent Frank Bova [the Cuyahoga County Sheriff] in the Cuyahoga County Jail

located at 1215 W. 3rd St. Cleveland, Ohio 44113 pertaining to his department not

properly calculating his jail time credit to petitioner’s sentence (Cuyahoga County

Common Pleas Case #558-182).” For the following reasons, we sua sponte dismiss the

petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

{¶2} The Supreme Court of Ohio has established that

Habeas corpus is an extraordinary remedy and as with every extraordinary remedy is not available as a means of relief where there is an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. In re Burson, 152 Ohio St. 375 [40 O.O. 391][1949]. Habeas corpus may not be used as a substitute for appeal nor may be resorted to where an adequate statutory remedy for review of the questions presented exists.

In re Piazza, 7 Ohio St.2d 102, 103, 218 N.E.2d 459 (1966). See also Linger v. Weiss,

57 Ohio St.2d 97, 386 N.E.2d 1354 (1979); In re Clendenning, 145 Ohio St. 82, 60

N.E.2d 676 (1945).

{¶3} Moreover, the Supreme Court of Ohio has firmly established that a

discretionary right of appeal constitutes a sufficiently plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. State ex rel. Berger v. McMonagle, 6 Ohio St.3d 28, 451

N.E.2d 225 (1983); State ex rel. Cleveland v. Calandra, 62 Ohio St.2d 121, 403 N.E.2d

989 (1980).

{¶4} Herein, Hassan was found to be in violation of community control sanctions

for a third time on June 25, 2013, and sentenced to a term of incarceration of six months

with credit for time already served. Hassan not only possessed adequate remedies at law,

but has either employed an adequate remedy or failed to employ an existing adequate

remedy at law. Hassan could have filed a timely appeal from the judgment that imposed

a term of incarceration of six months, which constituted an adequate remedy at law. In

addition, Hassan has filed a motion for jail-time credit in the underlying criminal action.

The motion for jail-time credit constitutes an adequate remedy at law. In re Hunt, 46

Ohio St.2d 378, 348 N.E.2d 727 (1976); In re Piazza, at ¶ 103. See also Hardesty v.

Williamson, 9 Ohio St.3d 174, 459 N.E.2d 552 (1984). Thus, Hassan is not entitled to a

writ of habeas corpus.

{¶5} Accordingly, we sua sponte dismiss the petition for a writ of habeas corpus

on behalf of Hassan. Costs to Hassan. The court directs the clerk of court to serve all

parties with notice of this judgment and the date of entry upon the journal as required by

Civ.R. 58(B).

{¶6} Petition dismissed. EILEEN A. GALLAGHER, JUDGE

FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., P.J., and EILEEN T. GALLAGHER, J., CONCUR