State ex rel. Clayton v. Strickland-Saffold ( 2014 )

[Cite as State ex rel. Clayton v. Strickland-Saffold, 2014-Ohio-4099.]
Court of Appeals of Ohio
EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
No. 101681
STATE EX REL., CONRAD CLAYTON
RELATOR
vs.
JUDGE SHIRLEY STRICKLAND-SAFFOLD
RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT:
WRIT DENIED
Writ of Mandamus
Motion No. 477516
Order No. 477892
RELEASE DATE: September 12, 2014
FOR RELATOR
Conrad Clayton, pro se
No. 642-581
Trumbull Correctional Camp
P.O. Box 640
Leavittsburg, Ohio 44430
ATTORNEYS FOR RESPONDENT
Timothy J. McGinty
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
By: James E. Moss
Assistant County Prosecutor
9th Floor, Justice Center
1200 Ontario Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, J.:
{¶1} Conrad Clayton has filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus. Clayton
seeks an order from this court that requires Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold to render a
ruling with regard to a motion for jail-time credit filed in State v. Clayton, Cuyahoga C.P.
No. CR-570339. We decline to issue a writ of mandamus on behalf of Clayton.
{¶2} Clayton’s request for a writ of mandamus is moot. Attached to the Judge
Saffold’s motion for summary judgment is a copy of a journal entry, journalized on
August 11, 2014, which demonstrates that a ruling has been rendered with regard to the
motion for jail-time credit. Thus, Clayton is not entitled to a writ of mandamus. State
ex rel. Jerninghan v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 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 Judge Saffold’s motion for summary judgment.
Costs to Judge Saffold. Costs waived. The court directs the clerk of courts 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.
KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, JUDGE
FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., P.J., and
LARRY A. JONES, SR., J., CONCUR