State ex rel. Calo v. Gallagher , 2022 Ohio 3435 ( 2022 )


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  • [Cite as State ex rel. Calo v. Gallagher, 
    2022-Ohio-3435
    .]
    COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO
    EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
    COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
    STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.                                   :
    DENNIS CALO,
    Relator,                                :
    No. 111804
    v.                                      :
    JUDGE HOLLIE GALLAGHER,                                  :
    Respondent.                             :
    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
    JUDGMENT: WRIT DENIED
    DATED: September 27, 2022
    Writ of Procedendo and Mandamus
    Motion No. 557525
    Order No. 558191
    Appearances:
    Dennis Calo, pro se.
    Michael C. O’Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting
    Attorney, and James E. Moss, Assistant Prosecuting
    Attorney, for respondent.
    KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, P.J.:
    Dennis Calo, the relator, has filed a complaint for a writ of
    procedendo and mandamus. Calo seeks an order from this court that compels Judge
    Hollie Gallagher, the respondent, to render a ruling with regard to a motion to
    “vacate illegal conviction and sentence” filed in State v. Calo, Cuyahoga C.P. No. CR-
    83-186387-B on October 28, 2019. Judge Gallagher has filed a motion for summary
    judgment that is granted.
    Attached to the motion for summary judgment is a copy of a judgment
    entry, journalized August 19, 2022, which demonstrates that Judge Gallagher has
    denied Calo’s motion to vacate illegal sentence and conviction.             Relief is
    unwarranted because the request for a writ of procedendo and mandamus is moot.
    Procedendo or mandamus will not compel the performance of a duty that has
    already been performed. State ex rel. Ames v. Pokorny, 
    164 Ohio St.3d 538
    , 2021-
    Ohio-2070, 
    173 N.E.3d 1208
    ; Thompson v. Donnelly, 
    155 Ohio St.3d 184
    , 2018-
    Ohio-4073, 
    119 N.E.3d 1292
    ; State ex rel. S.Y.C. v. Floyd, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No.
    109602, 
    2020-Ohio-5189
    . See also State ex rel. Williams v. Croce, 
    153 Ohio St.3d 348
    , 
    2018-Ohio-2703
    , 
    106 N.E.3d 55
    ; State ex rel. Hopson v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court
    of Common Pleas, 
    135 Ohio St.3d 456
    , 
    2013-Ohio-1911
    , 
    989 N.E.2d 49
    ; State ex rel.
    Fontanella v. Kontos, 
    117 Ohio St.3d 514
    , 
    2008-Ohio-1431
    , 
    885 N.E.2d 220
    .
    In addition, Calo’s complaint for procedendo and mandamus is
    defective. Calo has failed to comply with R.C. 2969.25(C), which mandates that the
    complaint contain a statement certified by the institutional cashier setting forth the
    balance in the inmate’s account for the preceding six months per R.C. 2969.25(C).
    State ex rel. Neil v. French, 
    153 Ohio St.3d 271
    , 
    2018-Ohio-2692
    , 
    104 N.E.3d 764
    .
    Finally, the failure to comply with R.C. 2969.25(C) cannot be cured by an amended
    complaint. State ex rel. Hall v. Mohr, 
    140 Ohio St.3d 297
    , 
    2014-Ohio-3735
    , 
    17 N.E.3d 581
    .
    Accordingly, we grant Judge Gallagher’s motion for summary
    judgment. Costs waived. The court directs the clerk of courts to serve all parties
    with notice of this judgment and the date of entry upon the journal as required by
    Civ.R. 58(B).
    Writ denied.
    _____________________________        __
    KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, PRESIDING JUDGE
    EILEEN A. GALLAGHER, J., and
    MICHELLE J. SHEEHAN, J., CONCUR