State v. Young

[Cite as State v. Young, 2020-Ohio-2898.]
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
LAKE COUNTY, OHIO
STATE OF OHIO, : PER CURIAM OPINION
PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
PAINESVILLE, :
CASE NO. 2020-L-048
Respondent, :
- vs - :
RONALD YOUNG, :
Petitioner. :
Original Action for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Judgment: Petition dismissed.
Charles E. Coulson, Lake County Prosecutor, Lake County Administration Building,
105 Main Street, P.O. Box 490, Painesville, OH 44077 (For Respondent).
Ronald Young, pro se, Macomb County Jail, P.O. Box 2308, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
(Petitioner).
PER CURIAM.
{¶1} Before this court is an “Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a
Prisoner in County Custody,” filed by Ronald Young on April 6, 2020. The application is
a one-page form apparently for use by county prisoners in the state of Michigan. Mr.
Young provides that he is presently incarcerated in the Macomb County Jail located in
the city of Mount Clemens, Michigan.
{¶2} This court does not have jurisdiction to grant habeas corpus relief to a
prisoner being held in the state of Michigan. See R.C. 2725.03 (“no court or judge other
than the courts or judges of the county in which the institution is located has jurisdiction
to issue or determine a writ of habeas corpus for his production or discharge”).
{¶3} Accordingly, this petition is dismissed, sua sponte, for lack of subject
matter jurisdiction. Rockwell v. Geauga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 11th Dist.
Geauga No. 2005-G-2661, 2005-Ohio-5762, ¶5, citing Bridges v. McMacklin, 44 Ohio
St.3d 135 (1989) (“if the inmate fails to bring the case in the proper county, the case
must be dismissed because the court lacks the jurisdiction to go forward on the matter”).
{¶4} PETITION DISMISSED.
TIMOTHY P. CANNON, P.J., THOMAS R. WRIGHT, J., MARY JANE TRAPP, J.,
concur.
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