Case Title: State ex rel. Untied v. Ellwood

Citation: 2011-Ohio-6343

Docket Number: 2011-1188

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Untied v. Ellwood, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6343.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-6343 
THE STATE EX REL. UNTIED, APPELLANT, v. ELLWOOD,  
JUDGE, ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Untied v. Ellwood,  
Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6343.] 
Criminal law—Hearing on alleged violation of community control held after 
expiration of term of community control—Writ of prohibition denied—
Clerks of court—Date-stamping of filed documents sufficient; time-
stamping not required. 
(No. 2011-1188—Submitted December 7, 2011—Decided December 14, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Guernsey County, No. 11 CA 07,  
2011-Ohio-2836. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
complaint of appellant, David M. Untied, for extraordinary relief in prohibition 
and mandamus. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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{¶ 2} Untied is not entitled to a writ of prohibition to prevent appellee 
Judge David A. Ellwood of the Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas from 
proceeding with a hearing on an alleged violation of community control.  Judge 
Ellwood stayed the hearing pending the ruling by the chief justice of this court on 
Untied’s affidavit of disqualification against him.  See, e.g., State ex rel. Denton 
v. Bedinghaus, 98 Ohio St.3d 298, 2003-Ohio-861, 784 N.E.2d 99, ¶ 26 
(prohibition claim moot to the extent that appellants sought to prevent a policy 
that had already been discontinued).  And Judge Ellwood “was authorized to 
conduct proceedings on the alleged community-control violations even though 
they were conducted after the expiration of the term of community control, 
provided that the notice of violations was properly given and the revocation 
proceedings were commenced before the expiration.”  State ex rel. Hemsley v. 
Burnham Unruh, 128 Ohio St.3d 307, 2011-Ohio-226, 943 N.E.2d 1014, ¶ 13.  
The charge against Untied for violating community control was filed on February 
16, 2011, i.e., before his community control expired. 
{¶ 3} Moreover, Untied is not entitled to a writ of mandamus to compel 
appellee Guernsey County Common Pleas Clerk of Court Teresa Dankovic to 
date-stamp and time-stamp all documents filed with the court.  The applicable 
entries were all stamped with the date of filing.  This is all that the pertinent 
provisions require.  R.C. 2303.10 (“The clerk of the court of common pleas shall 
indorse upon every paper filed with him the date of the filing thereof * * *”); 
Sup.R. 44(E) (“ ‘File’ means to deposit a document with a clerk of court, upon the 
occurrence of which the clerk time or date stamps and dockets the document” 
[emphasis added]). 
{¶ 4} Based on the foregoing, the court of appeals correctly held that 
Untied was not entitled to the requested extraordinary relief in prohibition and 
mandamus, and we affirm that judgment. 
Judgment affirmed. 
January Term, 2011 
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O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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David M. Untied, pro se. 
 
Daniel G. Padden, Guernsey County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellees. 
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