State ex rel. Sherrills v. State

[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 

91 Ohio St.3d 133

.]




      THE STATE EX REL. SHERRILLS, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF OHIO,
                                        APPELLEE.
              [Cite as State ex rel. Sherrills v. State, 

2001-Ohio-299

.]
Mandamus sought to compel state to order that the journal in a court of appeals
        case reflect the truth—Habeas corpus relief sought to compel relator’s
        release from prison—Court of appeals’ dismissal of cause affirmed.
      (No. 00-1658—Submitted January 9, 2001—Decided March 7, 2001.)
       APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 78261.
                                  __________________
        Per Curiam.
        {¶ 1} In July 2000, appellant, inmate Daries Sherrills, filed a complaint in
the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County for a writ of mandamus to compel
appellee, state of Ohio, to order that the journal in a case in that court reflect the
truth and to file his brief in which he raised a claim of ineffective assistance of
appellate counsel. Sherrills alternatively sought a writ of habeas corpus to compel
his immediate release from prison. The court of appeals sua sponte dismissed the
cause. State ex rel. Sherrills v. State (Aug. 3, 2000), Cuyahoga App. No. 78261,
unreported, 

2000 WL 1060605

.
        {¶ 2} In this cause now before the court upon Sherrills’s appeal as of right,
we find that the court of appeals correctly dismissed Sherrills’s claims for
extraordinary relief.
        {¶ 3} As the court of appeals held, Sherrills’s complaint is defective
because he failed to name the proper respondents and did not include their
addresses. Civ.R. 10(A); R.C. 2725.04(B); State ex rel. Keener v. Amberley (1997),

80 Ohio St.3d 292, 293

, 

685 N.E.2d 1247, 1248

; State ex rel. Jackson v. Lucas Cty.
(Mar. 5, 1996), Lucas App. No. L-96-049, unreported, 

1996 WL 171550

; State ex
rel. Lacavera v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas (Mar. 2, 2000), Cuyahoga
App. No. 77359, unreported, 

2000 WL 235748

 (“although the State of Ohio is listed
as the respondent [in relator’s mandamus action], he seeks relief from the ‘clerk of
courts’ and the ‘court’ ”).
        {¶ 4} Moreover, to the extent that Sherrills requests a writ of habeas corpus,
he failed to attach his commitment papers to his complaint. R.C. 2725.04(D); Sidle
v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (2000), 

89 Ohio St.3d 520

, 

733 N.E.2d 1115

.
        {¶ 5} Based on the foregoing, we affirm the judgment of the court of
appeals.1
                                                                          Judgment affirmed.
        MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.
                                  __________________
        Daries Sherrills, pro se.
        William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Diane
Smilanick, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.
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1. We also deny Sherrills’s motions to supplement and amend the record.




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