State ex rel. Matz v. Brown

The parties stipulate that relator has no plain and adequate remedy at law. We agree and therefore *280proceed to examine the other criteria for granting a writ of mandamus— whether the relator has a clear right to the relief sought and whether respondent has a clear duty to provide that relief. State, ex rel. O.M. Scott & Sons Co., v. Indus. Comm. (1986), 28 Ohio St. 3d 341, 28 OBR 406, 503 N.E. 2d 1032.

Relator argues that R.C. 2743.60 (E) is a bill of attainder prohibited by Section 10, Article I, United States Constitution, cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by Section 9, Article I, Ohio…