State ex rel. A.N. v. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying writs of mandamus to compel appellees - the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office and the City of North Olmsted - to prosecute crimes allegedly committed by Appellant's parents when Appellant was a minor, holding that the court of appeals did not err in denying Appellant's requested relief in mandamus.
When Appellant was twenty-five years old, Appellant filed two charging affidavits alleging that his father committed felonious assault and felony domestic abuse and that his mother committed felony child endangering when Appellant was a minor. The prosecutor declined to prosecute or issue an arrest warrant. Appellant then commenced this action. The court of appeals granted the prosecutor's motion for summary judgment and denied the requested writ of mandamus. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the court of appeals did not err in denying Appellant's requested relief in mandamus.
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