Case Title: State ex rel. Akemon v. Luebbers

Citation: 2011-Ohio-6037

Docket Number: 2011-1151

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Akemon v. Luebbers, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6037.] 
 
 
 
 
NOTICE 
This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in 
an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports.  Readers are requested 
to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 
65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or 
other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be 
made before the opinion is published. 
 
SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-6037 
THE STATE EX REL. AKEMON, APPELLANT, v. LUEBBERS, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Akemon v. Luebbers,  
Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6037.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing complaint for writ of mandamus affirmed. 
(No. 2011-1151—Submitted November 16, 2011—Decided November 30, 2011.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-110189. 
__________________ 
 
Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the court of appeals’ judgment dismissing the petition of 
appellant, La’Mon R. Akemon Jr., for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, 
Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jody M. Luebbers, to direct the 
clerk of the common pleas court to serve him with notice of a decision and 
judgment entry in the underlying case so that he can file an appeal. 
{¶ 2} Even if the judge did not direct the proper service of the judgment 
on Akemon, “he is not entitled to the requested extraordinary relief in mandamus, 
because he has or had adequate remedies in the ordinary course of law by delayed 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
2 
 
appeal and motion for relief from judgment to raise such a claim.”  State ex rel. 
Halder v. Fuerst, 118 Ohio St.3d 142, 2008-Ohio-1968, 886 N.E.2d 849, ¶ 7; see 
also State ex rel. Ahmed v. Costine, 103 Ohio St.3d 166, 2004-Ohio-4756, 814 
N.E.2d 865, ¶ 5.  Contrary to Akemon’s assertion, our holding in State ex rel. 
Sautter v. Grey, 117 Ohio St.3d 465, 2008-Ohio-1444, 884 N.E.2d 1062, does not 
require a different result. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
__________________ 
 
La’Mon R. Akemon Jr., pro se. 
 
Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Philip R. 
Cummings, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
_____________________