Title: State ex rel. Avery v. Union Cty. Court of Common Pleas

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. Avery v. Union Cty. Court of Common Pleas, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1427.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2010-OHIO-1427 
THE STATE EX REL. AVERY, APPELLANT, v. UNION COUNTY 
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Avery v. Union Cty. Court of Common Pleas,  
Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1427.] 
Appeal from dismissal of complaint for writ of mandamus — Mandamus not 
available to control judicial discretion — Judgment affirmed. 
(No. 2009-2346 — Submitted March 31, 2010 — Decided April 7, 2010.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Union County, No. 14-09-35. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
petition of appellant, Edward B. Avery Sr., for a writ of mandamus to compel 
appellee, Union County Court of Common Pleas, to grant his pending motion by 
causing his sentencing entry to “speak the truth.”  “[M]andamus will not lie to 
control judicial discretion, even if that discretion is abused.”  State ex rel. 
Dreamer v. Mason, 115 Ohio St.3d 190, 2007-Ohio-4789, 874 N.E.2d 510, ¶ 12.  
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Therefore, mandamus will not issue to compel the common pleas court to enter a 
specific judgment on Avery’s pending motion.  State ex rel. Rashada v. Pianka, 
112 Ohio St.3d 44, 2006-Ohio-6366, 857 N.E.2d 1220, ¶ 3. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, 
C.J.,1 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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Edward B. Avery Sr., pro se. 
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1. The late Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer participated in the deliberations in, and the final 
resolution of, this case prior to his death.