State ex rel. Call v. Fragale

{¶ 1} Appellant, Jonathan A. Call, was convicted of aggravated arson and sentenced to seven years in prison. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed. State v. Call, Marion App. No. 9-03-21, 2004-Ohio-288, 2004 WL 112636, appeal *277not accepted for review and petition for transcripts at state’s expense for appeal denied, 102 Ohio St.3d 1471, 2004-Ohio-2830, 809 N.E.2d 1158.

{¶ 2} In April 2004, Call filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for Marion County for a writ of mandamus to compel his trial-court judge, Marion County Court of Common Pleas Judge Richard M. Rogers, to provide him access to…