State ex rel. Tuttle v. Saffold

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[Cite as State ex rel. Tuttle v. Saffold, 2002-Ohio-6063.] COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA No. 81735 STATE OF OHIO, EX REL NILES TUTTLE vs. SHIRLEY STRICKLAND SAFFOLD, JUDGE, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO Respondent ORIGINAL ACTION : JOURNAL ENTRY : Relator : AND : OPINION : : DATE OF JOURNALIZATION : NOVEMBER 7, 2002 CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING : WRIT OF MANDAMUS JUDGMENT : WRIT DENIED APPEARANCES: For Relator: NILES TUTTLE, Pro Se Inmate No. 422-274 P.O. Box 8107 Mansfield, Ohio 44901-8197 For Respondent: WILLIAM D. MASON Cuyahoga County Prosecutor RENO J. ORADINI, JR. Assistant County Prosecutor Justice Center - 9th Floor 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 ANNE L. KILBANE, J.: {¶1} Niles Tuttle seeks a writ of mandamus to order Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold to grant jail-time credit in the underlying case of State v. Tuttle, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-405865. {¶2} Judge Saffold moved for summary judgment and attached as an exhibit a journal entry of October 21, 2002, finding that Tuttle has been granted jail-time credit in the amount of twenty days. Therefore Tuttle s request for a writ of mandamus is moot.1 {¶3} We grant Judge Saffold s motions for summary judgment. Costs to Tuttle. It is further ordered that the Clerk of the Eighth District Court of Appeals, pursuant to Civ.R. 58(B), shall serve upon all parties notice of this judgment and date of entry. Writ denied. JAMES D. SWEENEY, P.J., CONCURS COLLEEN CONWAY COONEY, J., CONCURS ANNE L. KILBANE 1 State ex rel. Gantt v. Coleman (1983), 6 Ohio St.3d 5, 450 N.E.2d 1163; State ex rel. Jerningham v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 278, 658 N.E.2d 723.

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