Case Title: Schneider v. Clipper

Citation: 2011-Ohio-6

Docket Number: 20101544

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Schneider v. Clipper, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-6 
SCHNEIDER, APPELLANT, v. CLIPPER, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Schneider v. Clipper, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6.] 
A habeas corpus petition is premature when the petitioner has an adequate 
remedy in the ordinary course of law by application for postconviction 
release on bail. 
(No. 2010-1544 — Submitted January 4, 2011 — Decided January 11, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 95208, 2010-Ohio-3427. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the 
petition of appellant, Joanne Schneider, for a writ of habeas corpus to compel her 
release from confinement on postconviction bail.  Although “habeas corpus is the 
proper vehicle to challenge excessive bail or refusal to set bail after a judgment of 
conviction,” State ex rel. Pirman v. Money (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 591, 594, 635 
N.E.2d 26, a habeas corpus petition is premature when the petitioner has an 
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adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law by application for postconviction 
release on bail in the trial court or the court of appeals,  see Brown v. Rogers 
(1995), 71 Ohio St.3d 570, 571, 645 N.E.2d 1241; App.R. 8(B).  When the court 
of appeals ruled on her habeas corpus petition, Schneider had motions pending in 
the trial court for the reinstatement and continuation of bond pending appeal.  The 
court of appeals correctly denied the writ of habeas corpus because it was 
premature.  See Brown, 71 Ohio St.3d at 571, 645 N.E.2d 1241.  “ ‘Like other 
extraordinary-writ actions, habeas corpus is not available when there is an 
adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law.’ ”  Brown v. Bradshaw, 126 Ohio 
St.3d 265, 2010-Ohio-3758, 933 N.E.2d 259, ¶ 1, quoting In re Complaint for 
Writ of Habeas Corpus for Goeller, 103 Ohio St.3d 427, 2004-Ohio-5579, 816 
N.E.2d 594, ¶ 6. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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Paul Mancino Jr., for appellant. 
 
R. Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Diane Mallory, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
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