Case Name: The State ex rel. McKinney, Appellant, v. Defiance County Court of Common Pleas, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2008-12-02
Citations: 120 Ohio St. 3d 277
Docket Number: No. 2008-1404
Parties: The State ex rel. McKinney, Appellant, v. Defiance County Court of Common Pleas, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, Lan-zinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 120
Pages: 277–277

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. McKinney, Appellant, v. Defiance County Court of Common Pleas, Appellee.
[Cite as State ex rel. McKinney v. Defiance Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 120 Ohio St.3d 277, 2008-Ohio-6107.]
(No. 2008-1404
Submitted November 19, 2008
Decided December 2, 2008.)
Daniel P. McKinney, pro se.
Jeffrey A. Strausbaugh, Defiance County Prosecuting Attorney, and Russell R. Herman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying a motion for relief from a judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by appellant, Daniel P. McKinney, an inmate at Lebanon Correctional Institution. We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals because McKinney could have raised his claim that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his mandamus petition by filing a timely appeal from that judgment. Eubank v. Anderson, 119 Ohio St.3d 349, 2008-Ohio-4477, 894 N.E.2d 48, ¶ 5. "A Civ.R. 60(B) motion for relief from judgment cannot be used as a substitute for a timely appeal Key v. Mitchell (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d 89, 90-91, 689 N.E.2d 548.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lan-zinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.