State ex rel. Watkins v. McNamara

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 178 Ohio St.3d 356.] THE STATE EX REL . WATKINS, APPELLANT , v. MCNAMARA, JUDGE, ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. Watkins v. McNamara,

2025-Ohio-979.] Prohibition—Writ cannot be issued against appellee-prosecutor because she does not exercise judicial or quasi-judicial power—Inmate not entitled to writ against appellee-judge because judge had subject-matter jurisdiction to rule on inmate’s motion for final, appealable order and inmate had adequate remedy in ordinary course of law by appeal—Court of appeals’ dismissal of…