Case Name: The State ex rel. Whittenberger, Appellant, v. Clarke, Clerk of Courts, Tuscarawas County, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2000-06-21
Citations: 89 Ohio St. 3d 207
Docket Number: No. 99-2267
Parties: The State ex rel. Whittenberger, Appellant, v. Clarke, Clerk of Courts, Tuscarawas County, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 89
Pages: 207–208

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Whittenberger, Appellant, v. Clarke, Clerk of Courts, Tuscarawas County, Appellee.
[Cite as State ex rel. Whittenberger v. Clarke (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 207.]
(No. 99-2267
Submitted April 25, 2000
Decided June 21, 2000.)
Roy Whittenberger, pro se.
Amanda Spies Bomhorst, Tuscarawas County Prosecuting Attorney, and Scott J. Mastín, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. A writ of mandamus will not be issued when there is a plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. R.C. 2731.05; State ex rel. Natl. Electrical Contractors Assn., Ohio Conference v. Ohio Bur. of Emp. Serv. (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 179, 183, 699 N.E.2d 64, 67. As the court of appeals held, Whittenberger had an adequate remedy by appeal to challenge the common pleas court's imposition of court costs.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.