Title: State ex rel. Milner v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as State ex rel. Milner v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 87 Ohio St.3d 567, 2000-Ohio-247.] 
 
 
 
 
 
THE STATE EX REL. MILNER, APPELLANT, v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Milner v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (2000), 87 Ohio St.3d 567.] 
Mandamus to compel Ohio Adult Parole Authority to vacate and set aside its 
finding that relator is a parole violator and to order his release from 
prison on the terms of his original parole — Court of appeals’ denial of 
writ affirmed. 
(No. 99-1256 – Submitted December 15, 1999 – Decided January 26, 2000.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 97APD07-942. 
 
In 1997, appellant, Sylvester Milner, filed a complaint in the Court of 
Appeals for Franklin County for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Ohio 
Adult Parole Authority (“OAPA”), to vacate and set aside its finding that he is a 
parole violator and to order his release from prison on the terms of his original 
parole.  Milner claimed that OAPA’s revocation of his parole was based on 
insufficient evidence, violated his constitutional rights to due process and 
confrontation, and constituted an abuse of discretion.  Milner did not attach his 
pertinent commitment papers to his complaint.  In 1999, the court of appeals 
denied the writ because habeas corpus, not mandamus, was the appropriate action 
for persons claiming entitlement to immediate release from prison, and even if the 
 
 
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court considered Milner’s action as one in habeas corpus, he failed to attach the 
pertinent commitment papers required by R.C. 2725.04(D). 
 
This cause is now before the court upon an appeal as of right. 
__________________ 
 
Paul Mancino, Jr., for appellant. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Marianne Pressman, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
__________________ 
 
Per Curiam.  We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals for the reasons 
stated in its opinion.  See State ex rel. Johnson v. Ohio Parole Bd. (1997), 80 Ohio 
St.3d 140, 684 N.E.2d 1227; State ex rel. Finfrock v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. 
(1998), 80 Ohio St.3d 639, 687 N.E.2d 761.  Even if Milner had filed a habeas 
corpus petition rather than erroneously seeking immediate release from prison 
through mandamus, the fatal defect caused by Milner’s failure to attach 
commitment papers to his petition was not cured by any subsequent submission of 
these papers.  Boyd v. Money (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 388, 389, 696 N.E.2d 568, 
569. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.