State ex rel. Keith v. McMonagle

{¶ 1} On December 18, 2003, appellant, Jeffrey C. Keith, an inmate at Lorain Correctional Institution, filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard McMonagle, to rule on certain motions filed by Keith. Judge McMonagle moved for summary judgment on the basis that the underlying common pleas court cases had been assigned to Judge Daniel Gaul and Judge Joseph Cirigliano instead of him.

{¶ 2} On May 18, 2004, the court of appeals issued an entry finding that Judge McMonagle was not the…