State ex rel. Pettway v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas
State ex rel. Pettway v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas
Opinion
[Cite as State ex rel. Pettway v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 2013-Ohio-1456.]
Court of Appeals of Ohio EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION No. 99011
STATE OF OHIO, EX REL., TIMOTHY PETTWAY RELATOR vs. CUYAHOGA COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, ET AL.
RESPONDENTS
JUDGMENT: WRIT DENIED
Writ of Procedendo Motion No. 460161 Order No. 463466 RELEASE DATE: April 5, 2013 FOR RELATOR Timothy Pettway, Pro se Inmate #550-655 Toledo Correctional Institution 2001 E. Central Avenue Toledo, Ohio 43608
ATTORNEYS FOR RESPONDENTS Timothy J. McGinty Cuyahoga County Prosecutor BY: James E. Moss Assistant Prosecuting Attorney The Justice Center, 8th Floor 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 LARRY A. JONES, SR., J.: {¶1} Timothy Pettway has filed a complaint for a writ of procedendo. Pettway seeks an order from this court that requires Judge Deena Calabrese and the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to render a ruling with regard to a petition for postconviction relief filed in State v. Pettway, Cuyahoga C.P. No. CR-498474.
{¶2} Attached to a motion for summary judgment, filed by Judge Calabrese and the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, is a copy of a judgment entry, journalized on November 2, 2012, which demonstrates that a ruling, accompanied by findings of fact and conclusions of law, has been rendered with regard to Pettway’s petition for postconviction relief. Thus, Pettway’s complaint for a writ of procedendo is moot.
State v. Jerninghan, 74 Ohio St.3d 278, 1996-Ohio-117, 658 N.E.2d 723; State ex rel.
Gantt v. Coleman, 6 Ohio St.3d 5, 450 N.E.2d 1163 (1983).
{¶3} Accordingly, we grant the motion for summary judgment. Judge Calabrese and the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to pay costs. Costs waived. The court directs the clerk of court to serve all parties with notice of this judgment and its date of entry upon the journal as required by Civ.R. 58(B).
{¶4} Writ denied.
LARRY A. JONES, SR., JUDGE MELODY J. STEWART, A.J., and SEAN C. GALLAGHER, J., CONCUR
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