Case Title: State ex rel. McKinney v. Defiance Cty. Court of Common Pleas

Citation: 2008-Ohio-6107

Docket Number: 20081404

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2008-12-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State ex rel. McKinney v. Defiance Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 120 Ohio St.3d 277, 
2008-Ohio-6107.] 
 
THE STATE EX REL. MCKINNEY, APPELLANT, v. DEFIANCE COUNTY  
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. McKinney v. Defiance Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 
 120 Ohio St.3d 277, 2008-Ohio-6107.] 
Civil procedure—Civ.R. 60(B)—Motion for relief from judgment cannot be used 
as a substitute for appeal. 
(No. 2008-1404─Submitted November 19, 2008─Decided December 2, 2008.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Defiance County, No. 4-08-14. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying a motion for relief from 
a judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by appellant, 
Daniel P. McKinney, an inmate at Lebanon Correctional Institution.  We affirm 
the judgment of the court of appeals because McKinney could have raised his 
claim that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his mandamus petition by filing 
a timely appeal from that judgment.  Eubank v. Anderson, 119 Ohio St.3d 349, 
2008-Ohio-4477, 894 N.E.2d 48, ¶ 5.  “A Civ.R. 60(B) motion for relief from 
judgment cannot be used as a substitute for a timely appeal * * *.”  Key v. 
Mitchell (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d 89, 90-91, 689 N.E.2d 548. 
Judgment affirmed. 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O'DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Daniel P. McKinney, pro se. 
 
Jeffrey A. Strausbaugh, Defiance County Prosecuting Attorney, and 
Russell R. Herman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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