State Ex Rel. Robinson v. Clark

Fred E. Jones, Presiding Judge.

Relator, Curtis Robinson, Jr., filed an original action in this court seeking a writ of mandamus against respondent, Judge Mark Clark of the Warren County Common Pleas Probate Court. Relator is currently incarcerated at the Warren Correctional Institution in Lebanon, Ohio.

Relator filed an application in the probate court to change his name pursuant to R.C. 2717.01. The court notified relator that he had not complied with the procedural requirements of the statute. Relator submitted a second application to the court which was not accepted because relator did not…