State ex rel. Dehler v. Kelly

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying a writ of mandamus to compel a prison warden to provide properly fitting shoes to appellant, Lambert Dehler. Mandamus will not compel the performance of an act that has already been performed. State ex rel. Fontanella v. Kontos, 117 Ohio St.3d 514, 2008-Ohio-1431, 885 N.E.2d 220, ¶ 6.

Lambert Dehler, pro se. Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and Ashley Dawn Rutherford, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

{¶ 2} The court of appeals correctly restricted its holding to Dehler himself because Dehler did not bring his mandamus case…