Court Opinion

ID: 9395645
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-05-18 15:11:14.197552+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:10.263794
License: Public Domain

[Cite as State ex rel. Hall v. Sutula, 2023-Ohio-1676.]

                                COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO

                               EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
                                  COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA

STATE EX REL., MAYSHAUN HALL,                             :

                 Relator,                                 :
                                                                No. 112494
                 v.                                       :

HON. KATHLEEN SUTULA,                                     :

                 Respondent.                              :

                                 JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

                 JUDGMENT: WRIT DISMISSED
                 DATED: May 16, 2023

                                            Writ of Mandamus
                                            Motion No. 563405
                                            Order No. 563895

                                              Appearances:

                 Russell S. Bensing, for relator.

                 Michael C. O’Malley, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting
                 Attorney, and James E. Moss, Assistant Prosecuting
                 Attorney, for respondent.

KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, P.J.:

                    On March 9, 2023, the relator, Mayshaun Hall, commenced this

mandamus action against the respondent, Judge Kathleen Sutula, to compel the

judge to rule on a motion to withdraw guilty plea, which he filed on May 2, 2022, in
the underlying case, State v. Hall, Cuyahoga C.P. No. CR-19-637420-A. On April 5,

2023, the respondent judge moved for summary judgment on the grounds of

mootness. Attached to the dispositive motion was a copy of a certified journal entry,

file stamped March 31, 2023, denying the subject motion. Hall has not filed a

response, and the court notes that he appealed the subject ruling on April 18, 2023,

State v. Hall, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 112626. The March 31, 2023 journal entry

establishes that Hall has received his requested relief and that the respondent judge

has fulfilled her duty to rule on the subject motion. This writ action is moot.

               Accordingly, this court grants the respondent judge’s motion for

summary judgment and dismisses this mandamus action. Respondent to pay costs;

costs waived. This court directs the clerk of courts to serve all parties notice of the

judgment and its date of entry upon the journal as required by Civ.R. 58(B).

               Writ dismissed.

KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, PRESIDING JUDGE

EMANUELLA D. GROVES, J., and
MARY J. BOYLE, J., CONCUR