State ex rel. Brown v. Luebbers

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a court of appeals’ judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of procedendo to compel a trial judge to rule on various motions, including a motion to vacate an entry that had corrected an error in a sentencing entry. Appellee, Judge Jody Luebbers, has not ruled on the motions and apparently does not intend to rule on them. Appellant, Barron Brown, filed a complaint for a writ of procedendo in the First District Court of Appeals to force the judge to rule on his motions.

{¶ 2} The court of appeals dismissed the complaint, and Brown appealed to this court. Because…