Court Opinion

ID: 3713942
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 06:47:41.701122+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:37:24.448782
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ORIGINAL ACTION JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
{¶ 1} On November 29, 2005, the relator, Anthony Gaines, commenced this mandamus action against the respondent, Judge Mary J. Boyle, to compel the respondent to issue findings of fact and conclusions of law for a postconviction relief petition, which Gaines filed on September 2, 2003, in the underlying case, Statev. Anthony Gaines, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case No. CR-418255. On January 17, 2006, the respondent, through the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, moved to dismiss. Gaines never filed a response. For the following reasons, this court grants the dispositive motion and denies the writ.
 {¶ 2} Attached to the dispositive motion is a copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law, sought by Gaines, which were file-stamped January 17, 2006, and signed by the respondent. Thus, the judge has fulfilled her duty to issue the findings of fact and conclusions of law, and Gaines has received his requested relief, a resolution of his postconviction petition. This matter is moot.
 {¶ 3} Additionally, Gaines failed to comply with R.C.2969.25(A), which requires an affidavit that describes each civil action or appeal filed by the relator within the previous five years in any state or federal court. His failure to comply with R.C. 2969.25(A) warrants dismissal of his complaint. State exrel. Zanders v. Ohio Parole Board (1998), 82 Ohio St. 3d 421,696 N.E.2d 594 and State ex rel. Alford v. Winters (1997),80 Ohio St. 3d 285, 685 N.E.2d 1242. Relator also did not comply with R.C.2969.25(C), which requires that an inmate file a certified statement from his prison cashier setting forth the balance in his private account for each of the preceding six months. This also is sufficient reason to deny mandamus, deny indigency status, and assess costs against the relator. State ex rel.Hunter v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas,88 Ohio St. 3d 176, 2000-Ohio-285, 724 N.E.2d 420.
 {¶ 4} Accordingly, this writ is denied. Costs assessed against relator. The clerk is directed to serve upon the parties notice of this judgment and its date of entry upon the journal. Civ.R. 58(B).
Celebrezze, Jr., P.J., Concurs Karpinski, J., Concurs.