State Ex Rel. Jefferson v. Russo, 90682 (1-14-2008)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

{¶ 1} On November 19, 2007, the relator, Sell Jefferson, commenced this mandamus action against the respondent, Judge Joseph Russo, to compel the judge to rule on his "Motion to Certify, That Defendant's life Sentence begin to run as of the date of the original confinement" (capitalization in the original), which Jefferson filed on February 22, 2007, in the underlying case, State v. Sell Jefferson, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case No. CR. 17177.1 On December 12, 2007, the respondent judge, through the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, moved for summary judgment on…