Cobb v. Koch

State: Ohio

Docket No: 2001-Ohio-4150

Case Date: 10/04/2001

Plaintiff: Cobb

Defendant: Koch

Preview:[Cite as Cobb v. Koch, 2001-Ohio-4150.]

COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA No. 80131 MICHAEL J. COBB Realtor vs. JUDGE JUDITH KILBANE KOCH Respondent DATE OF JOURNALIZATION: CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS: JUDGMENT: : : : : : : : : : ORIGINAL ACTION JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

OCTOBER 4, 2001 WRIT OF MANDAMUS Writ Denied. Motion No. 31712.

APPEARANCES: For Relator: Michael Cobb, pro se Inmate No. 355-344 Lorain Correctional Institute 2075 South Avon Belden Road Grafton, Ohio 44044 WILLIAM D. MASON, ESQ. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor BY: LISA REITZ WILLIAMSON, ESQ. Assistant County Prosecutor Justice Center - 9th Floor 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113

For Respondent:

[Cite as Cobb v. Koch, 2001-Ohio-4150.] Judge Frank D. Celebrezze Jr.: On August 22, 2001, the relator, Michael J. Cobb, commenced this mandamus action against the respondent, Judge Judith Kilbane Koch, to compel her to rule on his petition for post conviction relief in State v. Cobb, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-354043 which was filed on July 17, 2000. On September 12,

2001, the respondent, through the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, filed an answer and a motion for summary judgment. Attached to the respondent's motion for summary judgment is a copy of the court's ruling on the relator's petition as well as its findings of fact and conclusions of law. request for a writ of mandamus is moot. Thus, the relator's State ex rel. Gantt v.

Coleman (1983), 6 Ohio St.3d 5, 450 N.E.2d 1163; State ex rel. Jerningham v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 278, 658 N.E.2d 723. Furthermore, we find that relator has failed to comply with R.C. 2969.25 which mandates that he attach an affidavit to his complaint that describes each civil action or appeal of a civil action filed in the previous five years. The failure to provide

such affidavit constitutes sufficient grounds for dismissal of the relator's complaint for a writ of mandamus. State ex rel. Zanders

v. Ohio Parole Board (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 421, 696 N.E.2d 594; State ex rel. Alford v. Winters (1997), 80 Ohio St.3d 285, 685 N.E.2d 1242.

-3Accordingly, we grant the respondent's motion for summary judgment. Respondent to bear costs. It is further ordered that

the clerk shall serve upon all parties notice of this judgment and date of entry pursuant to Civ.R. 58(B). Writ denied.

PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, P.J.,

AND

TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, J., CONCUR. FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR. JUDGE

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