Title: State ex rel. Watley v. Pfeiffer

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. Watley v. Pfeiffer, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5587.] 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2009-OHIO-5587 
THE STATE EX REL. WATLEY, APPELLANT, v. PFEIFFER, JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Watley v. Pfeiffer,  
Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-5587.] 
Mandamus — Vexatious litigator — R.C. 2323.52 — Failure to seek leave to file 
action requires dismissal — Judgment affirmed. 
(No. 2009-0965 — Submitted October 20, 2009 — Decided October 28, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 09AP-328. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Rayshon Watley, for a writ of mandamus to compel 
appellee, Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Beverly Pfeiffer, to file an 
action Watley describes as a “1983 civil action.”  Watley, who has been declared 
to be a vexatious litigator, did not seek leave of the court of appeals to proceed 
with filing his mandamus action, and the court of appeals was thus required to 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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dismiss the action.  R.C. 2323.52(F)(2) and (I); State ex rel. Sapp v. Franklin Cty. 
Court of Appeals, 118 Ohio St.3d 368, 2008-Ohio-2637, 889 N.E.2d 500, ¶ 19-20. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Rayshon Watley, pro se. 
 
Ron O’Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Patrick J. 
Piccininni, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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