Case Name: The State ex rel. Franks, Appellant, v. Cosgrove, Judge, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2013-02-14
Citations: 135 Ohio St. 3d 249
Docket Number: No. 2012-1717
Parties: The State ex rel. Franks, Appellant, v. Cosgrove, Judge, Appellee.
Judges: O’Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, Kennedy, French, and O’Neill, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 135
Pages: 249–250

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Franks, Appellant, v. Cosgrove, Judge, Appellee.
[Cite as State ex rel. Franks v. Cosgrove, 135 Ohio St.3d 249, 2013-0hio-402.]
(No. 2012-1717
Submitted February 6, 2013
Decided February 14, 2013.)

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the motion of appellant, Nathaniel Franks, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, his trial court judge, to award him jail-time credit. Franks's claim for jail-time credit is remediable in the ordinary course of law by motion and appeal. State ex rel. Williams v. McGinty, 129 Ohio St.3d 275, 2011-Ohio-2641, 951 N.E.2d 755, ¶ 2. In addition, res judicata barred Franks from filing a successive mandamus action seeking the same relief. State ex rel. Carroll v. Corrigan, 91 Ohio St.3d 331, 744 N.E.2d 771 (2001). Finally, insofar as Franks's second mandamus claim was instituted by motion, "original actions for extraordinary relief like a writ of mandamus must be commenced by filing a complaint or a petition, not by filing a 'motion' or an 'application.' " State ex rel. Bealler v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth, 91 Ohio St.3d 36, 37, 740 N.E.2d 1100 (2001).
Nathaniel Franks, pro se.
Sherri Bevan Walsh, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney, and Corina Staehle Gaffney, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.
Judgment affirmed.
O'Connor, C.J., and Pfeifer, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, Kennedy, French, and O'Neill, JJ., concur.