Case Title: State ex rel. Jones v. Bradshaw

Citation: 2009-Ohio-5586

Docket Number: 20090958

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Jones v. Bradshaw, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5586.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2009-OHIO-5586 
THE STATE EX REL. JONES, APPELLANT, v. BRADSHAW, 
WARDEN, ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Jones v. Bradshaw,  
Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5586.] 
Habeas corpus — Mandamus — Dismissal of habeas claim affirmed because 
petitioner did not attach all pertinent commitment papers — Mandamus 
claim dismissed — Mandamus not appropriate vehicle to seek release 
from prison. 
(No. 2009-0958 — Submitted October 20, 2009 — Decided October 28, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lorain County, No. 09CA009545. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment dismissing the petition of appellant, 
Shigali Jones, for writs of habeas corpus and mandamus to compel his release 
from prison.  Jones’s habeas corpus claim is fatally defective and subject to 
dismissal because he did not attach copies of all of his pertinent commitment 
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papers.  Knowles v. Voorhies, 121 Ohio St.3d 271, 2009-Ohio-1109, 903 N.E.2d 
637.  Jones’s mandamus claim lacks merit because it is not the appropriate action 
to seek release from prison.  State ex rel. Gordon v. Murphy, 112 Ohio St.3d 329, 
2006-Ohio-6572, 859 N.E.2d 928, ¶ 5. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER, J., dissents and would reverse the judgment of the court of 
appeals and grant the writ. 
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Paul Mancino Jr., for appellant. 
 
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and Stephanie Watson, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellees. 
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