Title: Prather v. Brigano

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Prather v. Brigano, 86 Ohio St.3d 609, 1999-Ohio-212.] 
 
 
 
 
 
PRATHER, APPELLANT, v. BRIGANO, WARDEN, APPELLEE. 
[Cite as Prather v. Brigano (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 609.] 
Habeas corpus to compel relator’s immediate release from Warren Correctional 
Institution — Dismissal of writ affirmed, when — Speedy-trial claim not 
cognizable in habeas corpus. 
(No. 99-539 — Submitted August 25, 1999 — Decided September 29, 1999.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Warren County, No. CA99-01-009. 
 
In January 1999, appellant, Gregory L. Prather, filed a petition in the Court 
of Appeals for Warren County for a writ of habeas corpus to compel appellee, 
Warden Anthony Brigano of the Warren Correctional Institution, to immediately 
release him from prison.  Prather claimed that he was entitled to the writ because 
his trial court failed to comply with the statutory speedy-trial requirements.  
Prather did not attach a copy of his commitment papers to his petition.  The court 
of appeals granted Brigano’s Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion and dismissed the petition for 
failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. 
 
This cause is now before the court upon an appeal as of right. 
__________________ 
 
Gregory L. Prather, pro se. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and D.J. Hildebrandt, Assistant 
Attorney General, for appellee. 
__________________ 
 
Per Curiam.  The court of appeals did not err in dismissing Prather’s habeas 
corpus petition.  Prather’s speedy-trial claim is not cognizable in habeas corpus.  
State ex rel. Brantley v. Ghee (1997), 80 Ohio St.3d 287, 288, 685 N.E.2d 1243, 
1244.  In addition, Prather did not attach his commitment papers to his petition.  
Tucker v. McAninch (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 423, 696 N.E.2d 595, 596.  Based on 
 
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the foregoing, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.