Mandamus sought to compel common pleas court judge to void his rulings on relator's proceedings made after June 22, 2000—Court of appeals' denial of writ affirmed.
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THE STATE EX REL. KEITH, APPELLANT, v. CORRIGAN, JUDGE, APPELLEE.
[Cite as State ex rel. Keith v. Corrigan,
2001-Ohio-81
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Mandamus sought to compel common pleas court judge to void his rulings on
relator’s proceedings made after June 22, 2000—Court of appeals’ denial
of writ affirmed.
(No. 00-2142—Submitted March 13, 2001—Decided May 16, 2001.)
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 78461.
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Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} On April 28, 2000, appellant, Jeffrey C. Keith, filed a document in the
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas entitled “motion for declaratory
judgment to vacate void judgments, motion to have the Chief Justice appoint judge,
motion to convey or in the alternative tele-conference hearing requested.” On June
6, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio denied an affidavit filed by Keith
seeking to disqualify all Cuyahoga County judges from presiding over the case. On
June 21, appellee, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Brian J. Corrigan,
granted a motion filed by certain defendants named in Keith’s action for leave to
file a response to Keith’s motions. The phrasing of this entry was subject to
misinterpretation. Keith asserted that the entry in fact granted his motion to have
the Chief Justice appoint a judge. On August 3, Judge Corrigan corrected the
docket to clarify his order of June 21. Keith then filed a motion to void the
proceedings and judgments by Judge Corrigan after June 22, 2000. On July 26,
Judge Corrigan denied Keith’s motion.
{¶ 2} On August 21, Keith filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for
Cuyahoga County for a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Corrigan to void his
rulings made after June 22 and to notify the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
Ohio to select his replacement. Judge Corrigan filed a motion for summary
judgment. In October 2000, the court of appeals granted Judge Corrigan’s motion
and denied the writ.
{¶ 3} This cause is now before the court upon an appeal as of right.
{¶ 4} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals. Notwithstanding
Keith’s claims to the contrary, Judge Corrigan never recused himself from the case.
In addition, the Chief Justice denied Keith’s affidavit to disqualify Judge Corrigan
and other Cuyahoga County judges from presiding over his case. Therefore, the
court of appeals properly held that Keith was not entitled to the requested
extraordinary relief.
Judgment affirmed.
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.
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Jeffrey C. Keith, pro se.
Kenneth J. Fisher Co., L.P.A., and Kenneth J. Fisher, for appellee.
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