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State ex rel. Hawkins v. Frederick 2024-1761Habeas corpus—Appellant’s maximum sentence has not expired, and he failed to show that trial court patently and unambiguously lacked jurisdiction to sentence him or that his commuted sentence is void—Governor’s exercise of clemency power merely substitutes a lesser punishment and therefore does not create a new judgment subject to appeal or jurisdictional challenge—Federal Ex Post Facto Clause forbids neither the commutation of a sentence nor a commuted sentence imposed under an otherwise constitutional statute and therefore does not apply to appellant’s commuted sentence—Court of appeals’ judgment granting warden’s motion to dismiss affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4540 10/2/2025 10/2/2025 2025-Ohio-4540
Lowe v. Smith 2025-0064Habeas corpus—Even if preserved, any procedural irregularity in assignment of visiting judge to try appellant’s criminal trial would render appellant’s convictions and sentence voidable, not void—Appellant failed to show that trial court patently and unambiguously lacked subject-matter jurisdiction—Court of appeals’ judgment granting warden’s motion to dismiss granted.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4541 10/2/2025 10/2/2025 2025-Ohio-4541
State ex rel. Martre v. Reed 2025-0098Prohibition—Appellant failed to demonstrate that trial-court judge lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to rule on appellant’s motion for return of his cellphone after it was seized under a search warrant because even assuming that judge was required to treat the motion as a motion to suppress under R.C. 2981.03, a writ of prohibition is not the proper remedy—Court of appeals’ judgment granting trial judge’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim for prohibition relief affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4542 10/2/2025 10/2/2025 2025-Ohio-4542
10/02/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions.   10/2/2025 10/2/2025 2025-Ohio-4580
State ex rel. Hicks v. Adams Cty. Bd. of Elections 2025-1105Elections—Mandamus—Writ sought to order board of elections to cancel voter registration of county prosecutor based on challenge to prosecutor’s county of residence—Board’s records did not demonstrate that relator had clear entitlement to outright cancellation of prosecutor’s voter registration, and relator’s generic request in complaint for “any other relief” was not sufficient to request alternative mandamus relief of ordering board to hold a hearing under R.C. 3503.24(B)—Writ denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4582 10/2/2025 10/2/2025 2025-Ohio-4582
10/02/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions.   10/2/2025 10/2/2025 2025-Ohio-4591
10/02/2025 Case Announcements #3  Motion and procedural rulings.   10/2/2025 10/2/2025 2025-Ohio-4597
State ex rel. Rankin v. State 2024-1781Mandamus—Private-citizen affidavits—Appellant failed to establish that he has a clear legal right to prosecution of offenses he had alleged in his private-citizen affidavit or that prosecutors have a clear legal duty to prosecute the offenses—Court of appeals’ judgment granting prosecutors’ motion to dismiss appellant’s amended petition affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4483 10/1/2025 10/1/2025 2025-Ohio-4483
State ex rel. T.B. v. Brown 2025-0361Prohibition—Mandamus—Adoption—A juvenile court’s continuing jurisdiction to issue orders under R.C. 2151.353 and 2151.417 is not superseded by the filing of an adoption petition involving the same child—State ex rel. Davis v. Kennedy and In re Adoption of Ridenour distinguished—Proposed adoptive parents failed to show that juvenile-court magistrate’s prospective consideration and resolution of biological mother’s visitation motion is unauthorized by law and that juvenile-court judge has a clear legal duty to vacate his judgment entry lifting stay on the juvenile-court proceedings, reinstating the biological mother’s motion, and ordering that it be heard by the magistrate—Writs denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4484 10/1/2025 10/1/2025 2025-Ohio-4484
10/01/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review.   10/1/2025 10/1/2025 2025-Ohio-4537
10/01/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   10/1/2025 10/1/2025 2025-Ohio-4561
State ex rel. Harris v. Trelka 2024-1771Mandamus—R.C. 2969.25(A)—Inmate failed to list in affidavit of prior civil actions all appeals filed in previous five years—If appeal of a civil action falls within the parameters of R.C. 2969.25(A), it must be included in affidavit regardless of whether underlying civil action must be disclosed—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing complaint affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4453 9/30/2025 9/30/2025 2025-Ohio-4453
State ex rel. Huwig v. Dept. of Health 2023-0936Mandamus—Public Records Act—R.C. 149.43—Relator not entitled to spreadsheets of certain information maintained by Ohio Department of Health in the databases in which it compiles death-related information and COVID-19 vaccination information, because production of the requested spreadsheets would require department to create a new record—Writ and relator’s requests for statutory damages, court costs, and attorney’s fees denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4454 9/30/2025 9/30/2025 2025-Ohio-4454
09/30/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   9/30/2025 9/30/2025 2025-Ohio-4476
09/30/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions.   9/30/2025 9/30/2025 2025-Ohio-4538
09/30/2025 Case Announcements #3  Motion and procedural rulings.   9/30/2025 9/30/2025 2025-Ohio-4539
08/29/2025 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   9/29/2025 9/29/2025 2025-Ohio-4497
09/29/2025 Case Announcements  Official versions released—Miscellaneous dismissals.   9/29/2025 9/29/2025 2025-Ohio-4500
State ex rel. Springfield City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Hamilton 2024-1425Mandamus—R.C. 133.18(A) and (H)—County auditor has no discretion to refuse to place voter-approved property-tax levy on tax list and duplicate for collection while voter-approved bonds issued by local school district board of education remain outstanding—Limited writ granted.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4427 9/25/2025 9/25/2025 2025-Ohio-4427
Krouskoupf v. Anderson 2024-1763Prohibition—R.C. 2929.19(B)(2)(g)—Judge who sentenced appellant retained jurisdiction to amend judge’s calculations of appellant’s jail-time credit while his sentence was on appeal—Court of appeals’ judgment granting judge’s motion to dismiss affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4428 9/25/2025 9/25/2025 2025-Ohio-4428
09/25/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions.   9/25/2025 9/25/2025 2025-Ohio-4459
State v. Clark 2024-0401 & 2024-0539Appellate procedure—App.R. 26(B)—An appellant’s brief in support of a reopened appeal must address appellate counsel’s deficient representation and the resulting prejudice—Court of appeals correctly confirmed its prior judgment in reopened appeal when appellant did not address how his prior appellate counsel was deficient and how he was prejudiced by that deficiency—Judgment affirmed.Shanahan, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4410 9/24/2025 9/24/2025 2025-Ohio-4410
State ex rel. Conomy v. Fuller 2024-1745Mandamus—Appellant seeking to compel judge to rescind order denying appellant’s custody motion and to issue a new order that grants the motion failed to state a claim entitling him to a writ—Court of appeals’ judgment granting judge’s motion to dismiss affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4411 9/24/2025 9/24/2025 2025-Ohio-4411
09/24/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.   9/24/2025 9/24/2025 2025-Ohio-4442
09/24/2025 Case Announcements #2  Reconsideration of prior decisions.   9/24/2025 9/24/2025 2025-Ohio-4457
State ex rel. Martin v. McCormick 2024-1739Procedendo—Account statement filed by inmate along with writ petition does not bear any indication that it was certified or approved by institutional cashier, as required by R.C. 2969.25(C)(1)—Court of appeals’ judgment granting judge’s motion to dismiss petition for failure to comply with R.C. 2969.25(C) affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4398 9/23/2025 9/23/2025 2025-Ohio-4398
State ex rel. Prime Roof Solutions, Inc. v. Indus. Comm. 2024-1657Workers’ compensation—Mandamus—Violations of specific safety requirements (“VSSRs”)—Adm.Code 4123:1-3-03(J)(1) (requiring that fall-protection gear be provided to employees exposed to hazards of falling)—Employer failed to establish that Industrial Commission failed to perform a legal duty or abused its discretion in granting claimant’s application for VSSR award for violation of Adm.Code 4123:1-3-03(J)(1)—Some evidence supports commission’s finding that claimant was not assisting in installation of fall-protection system when he fell—Court of appeals’ judgment denying writ affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4399 9/23/2025 9/23/2025 2025-Ohio-4399
09/23/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   9/23/2025 9/23/2025 2025-Ohio-4426
09/22/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   9/22/2025 9/22/2025 2025-Ohio-4402
09/22/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   9/22/2025 9/22/2025 2025-Ohio-4403
09/19/2025 Case Announcements  Disciplinary cases.   9/19/2025 9/19/2025 2025-Ohio-4390
09/18/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   9/18/2025 9/18/2025 2025-Ohio-4367
09/18/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   9/18/2025 9/18/2025 2025-Ohio-4368
09/17/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   9/17/2025 9/17/2025 2025-Ohio-4355
State ex rel. M/I Homes of Cincinnati, L.L.C. v. Clermont Cty. Bd. of Elections 2025-1088Prohibition—Mandamus—Elections—R.C. 519.12—Referendum petition’s brief summary of proposed zoning amendment was sufficient because it accurately described present zoning status of the affected land parcels, nature of the requested zoning change, and the affected acreage—Referendum petition’s brief summary was not required to enumerate series of features associated with proposed residential development on affected parcels if zoning amendment were enacted—Map accompanying referendum petition was appropriate and suitable because it would not mislead average person about the area affected by proposed zoning amendment—Writs denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4362 9/17/2025 9/17/2025 2025-Ohio-4362
State ex rel. Nelsonville v. Athens Cty. Bd. of Elections 2025-1061Mandamus—Prohibition—Elections—Writs sought to order board of elections to remove a slate of statutory offices from the general-election ballot—Writ of mandamus denied because relators identified no statute or other authority requiring board to remove the statutory offices from ballot—Writ of prohibition denied because board did not exercise quasi-judicial authority.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4363 9/17/2025 9/17/2025 2025-Ohio-4363
09/17/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions.   9/17/2025 9/17/2025 2025-Ohio-4365
09/16/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   9/16/2025 9/16/2025 2025-Ohio-3300
09/16/2025 Case Announcements #2  Appeals not accepted for review.   9/16/2025 9/16/2025 2025-Ohio-3301
09/16/2025 Case Announcements #3  Miscellaneous dismissals.   9/16/2025 9/16/2025 2025-Ohio-4338
09/16/2025 Case Announcements #4  Motion and procedural rulings.   9/16/2025 9/16/2025 2025-Ohio-4354
09/15/2025 Case Announcements  Official versions released—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.   9/15/2025 9/15/2025 2025-Ohio-3312
09/12/2025 Case Announcements  Miscellaneous dismissals.   9/12/2025 9/12/2025 2025-Ohio-3290
09/12/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   9/12/2025 9/12/2025 2025-Ohio-3306
09/11/2025 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   9/11/2025 9/11/2025 2025-Ohio-3269
09/10/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.   9/10/2025 9/10/2025 2025-Ohio-3249
State ex rel. Vermilion Campaign Commt. for Jean A. Anderson v. Lorain Cty. Bd. of Elections 2025-1079Elections—Mandamus—R.C. 3513.31(F)—Relators failed to strictly comply with the requirements to fill a vacancy caused by a withdrawn candidate under R.C. 3513.31(F)—Writ denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-3250 9/10/2025 9/10/2025 2025-Ohio-3250
09/10/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions.   9/10/2025 9/10/2025 2025-Ohio-3263
09/10/2025 Case Announcements #3  Miscellaneous orders.   9/10/2025 9/10/2025 2025-Ohio-3265
09/10/2025 Case Announcements #4  Reconsideration of prior decisions.   9/10/2025 9/10/2025 2025-Ohio-3266
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