State ex rel. Swingle v. Zaleski

In 1995, appellant, Daniel Swingle, pleaded guilty to and was convicted of felonious sexual penetration and gross sexual imposition and was sentenced in 1996 to an aggregate prison term of six to twenty-five years.

In July 2000, Swingle filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for Summit County. Swingle requested a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Summit County Clerk of Courts Diana Zaleski, to file certain pleadings, which he claimed she had refused to file. Swingle also sought a writ of habeas corpus to compel his immediate release from prison. Zaleski filed a motion to dismiss…