Case Title: State ex rel. Taylor v. Leffler

Citation: 2000-Ohio-289

Docket Number: 19991733

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2000-03-08T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State ex rel. Taylor v. Leffler, 88 Ohio St.3d 178, 2000-Ohio-289.] 
 
 
 
 
 
[THE STATE EX REL.] TAYLOR, APPELLANT, v. LEFFLER, PROS. ATTY., ET AL., 
APPELLEES. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Taylor v. Leffler (2000), 88 Ohio St.3d 178.] 
Mandamus to compel respondent to provide relator certain information and 
records relating to his criminal proceedings — Denial of writ affirmed. 
(No. 99-1733 — Submitted January 11, 2000 — Decided March 8, 2000.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Huron County, No. H-99-014. 
 
In 1995 and 1996, appellant, Larry Taylor, was convicted of kidnapping, 
rape, felonious sexual penetration, felonious assault, and burglary, and sentenced 
to prison. 
 
In May 1999, Taylor filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for Huron 
County for a writ of mandamus to compel appellees, Huron County Prosecuting 
Attorney Russell V. Leffler, the Clerk of Courts of the Huron County Court of 
Common Pleas, the Clerk of the Norwalk Municipal Court, former Norwalk Law 
Director Daniel Kasaris, and Huron County Public Defender George Ford, to 
provide certain information and records related to relator’s criminal proceedings.  
Respondents filed affidavits establishing that they had provided Taylor with all of 
the requested records and information to the extent that they existed.  The court of 
appeals denied the writ. 
 
 
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This cause is now before the court upon an appeal as of right. 
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Larry Taylor, pro se. 
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Per Curiam.  We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals for the reasons 
stated in its opinion.  A writ of mandamus will not issue to compel an act already 
performed.  State ex rel. Sharif v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas (1999), 
85 Ohio St.3d 375, 376, 708 N.E.2d 718, 719.  And appellees had no duty to create 
documents to meet Taylor’s requests. State ex rel. Warren v. Warner (1999), 84 
Ohio St.3d 432, 433, 704 N.E.2d 1228, 1229. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.