Jones v. Sutula, 91296 (6-3-2008)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

{¶ 1} Clifford Jones, the relator, has filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus, seeking an order from this court to require respondent Judge John Sutula to render rulings on all pending pretrial motions inState v. Jones, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-483520. Judge Sutula has filed a motion for summary judgment, which we grant for the following reasons.

{¶ 2} Initially, we find that Jones' complaint for a writ of mandamus is defective, because it is improperly captioned. A complaint for a writ of mandamus must be brought in the name of the state, on…