State ex rel. Wright v. Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles

Wright asserts that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his prohibition action. For the following reasons, Wright’s claims are meritless.

In order to be entitled to a writ of prohibition, Wright had to establish that (1) the Registrar is about to exercise judicial or quasi-judicial power, (2) the exercise of such power is unauthorized by law, and (3) denial of the writ will cause injury to Wright for which no other adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law exists. State ex rel. White v. Junkin (1997), 80 Ohio St.3d 335, 336, 686 N.E.2d 267, 268.

R.C. 4509.101(A)(3)(c) provides that…