State ex rel. White v. Aveni

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 175 Ohio St.3d 161.] THE STATE EX REL . WHITE, APPELLANT , v. AVENI, JUDGE, APPELLEE . [Cite as State ex rel. White v. Aveni,

2024-Ohio-1614.] Mandamus—Procedendo—Mootness—Judicial notice—Vexatious litigators—A writ of mandamus can be used to compel a court to issue a decision, but a writ of procedendo is the more appropriate remedy because an inferior court’s failure to timely dispose of a pending action is the ill a writ of procedendo is designed to remedy—The record does not support a conclusion that trial court ruled on…