Ohio Supreme Court, 2013

State ex rel. Franks v. Cosgrove

State ex rel. Franks v. Cosgrove
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided February 14, 2013 · French, Kennedy, Lanzinger, O'Connor, O'Donnell, O'Neill, Pfeifer
2013 Ohio 402; 135 Ohio St. 3d 249; 985 N.E.2d 1264

State ex rel. Franks v. Cosgrove

Opinion

Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the motion of appellant, Nathaniel Franks, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, his trial court judge, to award him jail-time credit. Franks’s claim for jail-time credit is remediable in the ordinary course of law by motion and appeal. State ex rel. *250 Williams v. McGinty, 129 Ohio St.3d 275, 2011-Ohio-2641, 951 N.E.2d 755, ¶ 2. In addition, res judicata barred Franks from filing a successive mandamus action seeking the same relief. State ex rel. Carroll v. Corrigan, 91 Ohio St.3d 331, 744 N.E.2d 771 (2001). Finally, insofar as Franks’s second mandamus claim was instituted by motion, “original actions for extraordinary relief like a writ of mandamus must be commenced by filing a complaint or a petition, not by filing a ‘motion’ or an ‘application.’ ” State ex rel. Bealler v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth, 91 Ohio St.3d 36, 37, 740 N.E.2d 1100 (2001).

Nathaniel Franks, pro se. Sherri Bevan Walsh, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney, and Corina Staehle Gaffney, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, Kennedy, French, and O’Neill, JJ., concur.

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