Title: Pesci v. Goodrich

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 
Pesci v. Goodrich, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-4540.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-4540 
PESCI, APPELLANT, v. GOODRICH,1 WARDEN, ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets,  
it may be cited as Pesci v. Goodrich, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-4540.] 
Appellate procedure—Untimely appeal dismissed—S.Ct.Prac.R. 2.2(A)(1). 
(No. 2012-0987—Submitted September 25, 2012—Decided  
October 3, 2012.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Ashtabula County, No. 2011-A-0049. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We dismiss the appeal of appellant, James Pesci, from the 
judgment of the court of appeals dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas 
corpus because he failed to file a timely notice of appeal from the judgment.  
S.Ct.Prac.R. 2.2(A)(1)(a) (“To perfect an appeal from a court of appeals to the 
Supreme Court, * * * the appellant shall file a notice of appeal in the Supreme 
                                          
 
1.  Since this case was instituted, Barry Goodrich has succeeded Richard Gansheimer as the 
warden of Lake Erie Correctional Institution and is substituted as a party in this appeal.  See State 
ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Craig, 132 Ohio St.3d 68, 2012-Ohio-1999, 969 N.E.2d 243, fn. 1; 
see also Civ.R. 25(D)(1). 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Court within forty-five days from the entry of the judgment being appealed”).  
Pesci’s Civ.R. 60(B) motion for relief from judgment did not extend his time to 
appeal the judgment, and Pesci could not use Civ.R. 60(B) as a substitute for a 
timely appeal.  State ex rel. Manuel v. Stenson, 126 Ohio St.3d 52, 2010-Ohio-
2673, 930 N.E.2d 310, citing State ex rel. Martin v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth., 124 
Ohio St.3d 63, 2009-Ohio-6164, 918 N.E.2d 1005. 
Appeal dismissed. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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James Pesci, pro se. 
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