Case Title: Groves v. Mallory

Citation: 2010-Ohio-1805

Docket Number: 20092256

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2010-04-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Groves v. Mallory, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1805.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-1805 
GROVES, APPELLANT, v. MALLORY, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Groves v. Mallory, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1805.] 
Appeal from dismissal of a petition for a writ of mandamus — Timely appeal not 
filed — Judgment affirmed. 
(No. 2009-2256 — Submitted April 20, 2010 — Decided April 28, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-090777. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We dismiss the appeal of appellant, Larry Groves, because 
although he challenges the court of appeals’ September 2009 judgment dismissing 
his petition for a writ of mandamus, he did not file a timely appeal from that 
judgment.  S.Ct.Prac.R. 2.2(A)(1)(a) (“To perfect an appeal from a court of 
appeals to the Supreme Court * * *, the appellant shall file a notice of appeal in 
the Supreme Court within forty-five days from the entry of the judgment being 
appealed”); State ex rel. Martin v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 124 Ohio St.3d 63, 
2009-Ohio-6164, 918 N.E.2d 1005, ¶ 1.  Neither the court of appeals’ November 
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2009 entry striking Groves’s initial notice of appeal, which was erroneously filed 
by him in the court of appeals instead of this court, nor the court of appeals’ 
November 2009 entry denying his motion for reconsideration of its dismissal of 
the mandamus petition extended his time to appeal the court of appeals’ 
September 2009 judgment dismissing his mandamus petition.  Id. 
Appeal dismissed. 
 
PFEIFER, 
ACTING 
C.J., 
and 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
 
The late CHIEF JUSTICE THOMAS J. MOYER did not participate in the 
decision in this case. 
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Larry Groves, pro se. 
 
Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Phillip R. 
Cummings, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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