State ex rel. Culgan v. Collier

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a court of appeals’ judgment dismissing petitions for writs of mandamus and procedendo to compel a trial judge to rule on a motion to terminate postrelease control. Appellant, Clifford Culgan, had moved the trial court to terminate postrelease control because of a claimed error in his 2009 sentencing entry. When appellee, Judge Christopher Collier, did not rule on the motion within 120 days, Culgan filed a complaint for writs of procedendo and mandamus in the Ninth District Court of Appeals to force the judge to rule.

{¶ 2} The Ninth District dismissed the…