Title: State ex rel. Chattams v. Pater

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Chattams v. Pater, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-55.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-55 
THE STATE EX REL. CHATTAMS, APPELLANT, v. PATER, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as State ex rel. Chattams v. Pater,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-55.] 
Court of appeals’ judgment denying injunctive relief affirmed—Courts of appeals 
lack original jurisdiction in prohibitory injunction. 
(No. 2011-1317—Submitted January 3, 2012—Decided January 12, 2012.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA2010-07-183. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the request 
of appellant, D’Anthony Chattams, for immediate injunctive relief stopping the 
further execution of his prison term, in the context of his mandamus case against 
appellee, Butler County Court of Common Pleas Judge Charles Pater.  Courts of 
appeals lack original jurisdiction in prohibitory injunction.  State ex rel. Esarco v. 
Youngstown City Council, 116 Ohio St.3d 131, 2007-Ohio-5699, 876 N.E.2d 953, 
¶ 11.  Moreover, habeas corpus, and not mandamus, is the appropriate action to 
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seek release from prison.  State ex rel. Briscoe v. Matia, 128 Ohio St.3d 365, 
2011-Ohio-760, 944 N.E.2d 677, ¶ 10. 
Judgment affirmed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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D’Anthony Chattams, pro se. 
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