Barr v. Sutula, 92860 (5-1-2009)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

{¶ 1} On February 24, 2009, the relator, Harry Barr, commenced this mandamus action against the respondent, Judge John Sutula, to compel him to rule on a postconviction relief petition which Barr on July 10, 2008, filed in the underlying case, State of Ohio v. Harry Barr, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case No. CR-480727. On March 13, 2009, the respondent, through the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, moved for summary judgment, inter alia, on the grounds of mootness. Attached to the dispositive motion was a certified copy of a signed and file-stamped March 10, 2009…