State ex rel. Muhammad v. State
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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State ex rel. Muhammad v. State, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-4767.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports. Readers are requested to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published. SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-4767 THE STATE EX REL. MUHAMMAD, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State ex rel. Muhammad v. State, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-4767.] Mandamus Failure to raise claim in objections to a magistrate s decision Court of appeals dismissal of petition for writ affirmed. (No. 2012-1035 Submitted October 9, 2012 Decided October 18, 2012.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 11AP-892, 2012-Ohio-2220. __________________ Per Curiam. {¶ 1} We affirm the judgment dismissing the petition of appellant, Mustafa Muhammad, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, the state of Ohio, to hear his writ of replevin motion for order of possession, which was filed in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO {¶ 2} Muhammad s noncompliance with R.C. 2969.25(C) justified the court s dismissal of his mandamus petition. State ex rel. Castro v. Corrigan, 129 Ohio St.3d 342, 2011-Ohio-4059, 952 N.E.2d 497, ¶ 2. {¶ 3} Muhammad claims on appeal that an internal prison policy prevented him from personally enclosing the required prison cashier s statement with his petition when it was sent to the clerk of the court of appeals for filing, and thus any error must have been made by prison officials. Muhammad waived this argument on appeal, however, by failing to specifically raise this claim in his objections to the magistrate s decision in the court of appeals. State ex rel. Maroon v. Ohio State Hwy. Patrol Retirement Sys., 132 Ohio St.3d 287, 2012Ohio-2679, 971 N.E.2d 918, ¶ 2, citing Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(iv) and Loc.R. 12(M)(1) of the Tenth District Court of Appeals; see also Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(ii) ( An objection to a magistrate s decision shall be specific and state with particularity all grounds for objection ). Nor did Muhammad present any evidence in the court of appeals supporting this contention. See State ex rel. Wells v. Jefferson Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 122 Ohio St.3d 39, 2009-Ohio-2358, 907 N.E.2d 1166 (appellant seeking writs of mandamus and procedendo cannot add new matter to the record on appeal to support his claims). {¶ 4} Therefore, the court of appeals properly dismissed Muhammad s petition, and we affirm the court s dismissal. Judgment affirmed. O CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O DONNELL, LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. __________________ Mustafa Muhammad, pro se. ______________________ 2
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