Case Title: State ex rel. White v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth.

Citation: 2003-Ohio-773

Docket Number: 20021673

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2003-03-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State ex rel. White v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 98 Ohio St.3d 290, 2003-Ohio-773.] 
 
 
THE STATE EX REL. WHITE, APPELLANT, v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. White v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 98 Ohio St.3d 290, 
2003-Ohio-773.] 
Mandamus sought to compel Ohio Adult Parole Authority to grant relator 
parole and release him from prison — Court of appeals’ dismissal of 
petition affirmed. 
(No. 2002-1673 — Submitted January 7, 2003 — Decided March 5, 2003.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Allen County, No. 1-02-60. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶1} 
In April 2002, the Ohio Parole Board denied parole to appellant, 
Michael Turner White, and continued his next parole eligibility date to April 
2004. 
{¶2} 
In July 2002, White filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for 
Allen County requesting a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Ohio Adult 
Parole Authority (“APA”), to grant him, inter alia, parole and release him from 
prison.  The APA filed a motion to dismiss the petition.  In September 2002, the 
court of appeals granted the APA’s motion and dismissed the petition. 
{¶3} 
We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.  The primary 
objective of White’s mandamus claim was to obtain an immediate release from 
custody.  “But habeas corpus, rather than mandamus, is the proper action through 
which to seek release from prison or other physical confinement.”  State ex rel. 
Borden v. Hendon, 96 Ohio St.3d 64, 2002-Ohio-3525, 771 N.E.2d 247, at ¶ 7.  
And White “has no inherent or constitutional right to be released prior to the 
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expiration of his sentence.”  Rollins v. Haviland (2001), 93 Ohio St.3d 590, 590, 
757 N.E.2d 769. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK, LUNDBERG 
STRATTON and O’CONNOR, JJ., concur. 
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Michael Turner White, pro se. 
 
Jim Petro, Attorney General, and Scott M. Campbell, Assistant Attorney 
General, for appellee. 
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