The State Ex Rel. Doe v. Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

*624 {¶ 1} On November 30, 2017, relator, John Doe, filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, Gallia County Common Pleas Court, to enforce its 2013 order sealing the record in a criminal case against Doe in accordance with R.C. 2953.52 and to rule on his 2017 motion to reseal the record. The common pleas court has filed a motion to dismiss Doe's complaint. For the reasons that follow, we deny the common pleas court's motion to dismiss, sua sponte convert Doe's complaint to a request for a writ of procedendo (the appropriate writ to compel the relief he seeks), and grant a…