Title: State ex rel. Bortoli v. Dinkelacker

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as State ex rel. Bortoli v. Dinkelacker, 105 Ohio St.3d 133, 2005-Ohio-779.] 
 
 
THE STATE EX REL. BORTOLI, APPELLANT, v. DINKELACKER, JUDGE, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Bortoli v. Dinkelacker,  
105 Ohio St.3d 133, 2005-Ohio-779.] 
Criminal law – Motion to vacate guilty plea – Procedendo will not issue to 
compel performance of act already performed. 
(No. 2004-1473 — Submitted February 16, 2005 — Decided March 16, 2005.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-040486. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} On July 30, 2004, appellant, Barry Bortoli, filed a complaint in the 
Court of Appeals for Hamilton County.  Bortoli requested a writ of procedendo to 
compel appellee, Judge Patrick Dinkelacker of the Hamilton County Court of 
Common Pleas, to rule on Bortoli’s November 21, 2003 motion to vacate his 
guilty plea.  Judge Dinkelacker moved to dismiss Bortoli’s complaint because he 
had already entered an order denying the motion on December 18, 2003. 
{¶ 2} On August 26, 2004, the court of appeals granted the judge’s 
motion and dismissed the complaint. 
{¶ 3} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.  A writ of 
procedendo will not issue to compel the performance of a duty that has already 
been performed.  State ex rel. Howard v. Skow, 102 Ohio St.3d 423, 2004-Ohio-
3652, 811 N.E.2d 1128, ¶ 9.  And insofar as Bortoli claims that he did not receive 
sufficient notice of Judge Dinkelacker’s entry denying Bortoli’s motion to vacate 
his guilty plea, he has or had adequate remedies by delayed appeal and motion for 
relief from judgment to raise this claim.  State ex rel. Ahmed v. Costine, 103 Ohio 
St.3d 166, 2004-Ohio-4756, 814 N.E.2d 865, ¶ 5. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL and LANZINGER, JJ., concur. 
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Barry Bortoli, pro se. 
 
Michael K. Allen, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and James 
Michael Keeling, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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