Title: State ex rel. Sevayega v. McMonagle

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as State ex rel. Sevayega v. McMonagle, 122 Ohio St.3d 54, 2009-Ohio-2367.] 
 
 
THE STATE EX REL. SEVAYEGA, APPELLANT, v. MCMONAGLE,  
JUDGE, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Sevayega v. McMonagle, 
 122 Ohio St.3d 54, 2009-Ohio-2367.] 
Appeal from dismissal of a petition for a writ of procedendo – Procedendo not 
available to compel performance of a duty already performed – Judgment 
affirmed. 
(No. 2009-0106 ─ Submitted May 19, 2009 ─ Decided May 28, 2009.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, 
No. 92157, 2008-Ohio-6275. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the 
complaint of appellant, Reginald D. Sevayega, for a writ of procedendo.  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.  Moreover, insofar as Sevayega contests the 
propriety of the ruling he received on his postconviction motion, he had an 
adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law by way of appeal.  Extraordinary 
relief in procedendo will not be granted if there is an adequate remedy in the 
ordinary course of law.  State ex rel. George v. Burnside, 118 Ohio St.3d 406, 
2008-Ohio-2702, 889 N.E.2d 533, ¶ 7. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
and 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR, 
O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Reginald D. Sevayega, pro se. 
 
William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Pamela 
Bolton, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
 
D. Jim Brady, amicus curiae. 
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