Case Title: State ex rel. Parker v. Russo

Citation: 2012-Ohio-541

Docket Number: 2011-1114

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2012-02-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Parker v. Russo, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-541.] 
 
 
 
 
NOTICE 
This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in 
an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports.  Readers are requested 
to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 
65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or 
other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be 
made before the opinion is published. 
 
SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-541 
THE STATE EX REL. PARKER, APPELLANT, v. RUSSO, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as State ex rel. Parker v. Russo,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-541.] 
Mandamus—Mandamus will not lie to compel issuance of findings of fact and 
conclusions of law for denial of postconviction relief—Entry denying relief 
on basis that res judicata barred claims that were or could have been 
raised on direct appeal is sufficient to allow appellate court to determine 
appeal—Judgment denying writ affirmed. 
(No. 2011-1114—Submitted February 8, 2012—Decided February 15, 2012.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 96722, 2011-Ohio-2667. 
__________________ 
 
Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the request 
of appellant, Michael Parker Jr., for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, 
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John Russo, to issue findings of 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
2 
 
fact and conclusions of law for the denial of Parker’s petition for postconviction 
relief.  Judge Russo’s entry denied Parker’s petition because his “claims are 
barred under the doctrine of res judicata, which claims could have or have been 
raised on direct appeal.”  The entry contained sufficient findings and conclusions 
to apprise Parker of the grounds for the judgment and to allow appellate courts to 
properly determine any appeal therefrom.  State ex rel. Carrion v. Harris, 40 Ohio 
St.3d 19, 19-20, 530 N.E.2d 1330 (1988); Gause v. Zaleski, 85 Ohio St.3d 614, 
615, 710 N.E.2d 684 (1999). 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
__________________ 
 
Michael Parker Jr., pro se. 
______________________