Court Opinion

ID: 3694399
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 06:35:34.213971+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:58.434581
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ORIGINAL ACTION                        JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
{¶ 1} Derrick Petway has filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus. Petway seeks an order from this court which requires Judge Janet Burnside to provide "the medical records associated with the events" which led to the criminal offense of attempted vandalism (R.C. 2923.02 and R.C. 2909.25) as charged in State v. Petway, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-447851. Judge Burnside has filed a motion to dismiss, which we grant for the following reasons.
 {¶ 2} Initially, we find that Petway has failed to comply with Loc. App. R. 45(B)(1)(a), which mandates that the complaint must be supported by an affidavit that specifies the details of the claim. The failure of Petway to comply with the supporting affidavit requirement of Loc. App. R. 45(B)(1)(a) requires dismissal of the complaint for a writ of mandamus. State ex rel. Smith v. McMonagle (July 17, 1996), Cuyahoga App. No. 70899; State ex rel. Wilson v. Calabrese (Jan. 18, 1996), Cuyahoga App. No. 70077.
 {¶ 3} In addition, Petway's request for a writ of mandamus is moot. Attached to Judge Burnside's motion to dismiss is a copy of judgment entry, as journalized on October 21, 2004, which demonstrates that Petway entered a plea of guilty to the charged offense of attempted vandalism. Petway's request for medical records, in order to aid his defense in the underlying criminal action, is now moot. State ex rel. Jerningham v.Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, 74 Ohio St.3d 278, 1996-Ohio-117,658 N.E.2d 723, State ex rel. Gantt v. Coleman (1983), 6 Ohio St.3d 5,450 N.E.2d 1163.
 {¶ 4} Accordingly, we grant Judge Burnside's motion to dismiss. Costs to Petway. It is further ordered that the Clerk of the Eighth District Court of Appeals serve notice of this judgment upon all parties as required by Civ. R. 58(B).
Dismissed.
Calabrese, JR., J., Concurs.
Kilbane, J., Concurs.