State ex rel. Johnson v. Jensen (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the Lucas County Court of Appeals, but under a different rationale than offered by that court. In his petition for a writ of procedendo against appellee, Judge James D. Jensen, which was filed on May 30, 2013, appellant, Tyrone Johnson, asserts that the judge failed to rule on a motion to dismiss the indictment in his criminal matter. Johnson had been convicted in May 2007 and sentenced to prison for 20 years to life.

{¶ 2} The court of appeals sua sponte dismissed the petition for the writ, stating that because there was no indication on the docket of the clerk…