STATE EX REL. FORSYTH v. BRIGNER

No. 99-165.

86 Ohio St.3d 71 (1999)

THE STATE EX REL. FORSYTH, APPELLANT, v. BRIGNER, JUDGE, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Wayne Forsyth, pro se.

Mathias H. Heck, Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and John F. Krumholtz, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.


Per Curiam.

In his propositions of law, Forsyth asserts that the court of appeals erred in dismissing his mandamus action. For the following reasons, Forsyth's contentions lack merit.

First, Forsyth's claim for a writ of mandamus to prohibit Judge Brigner from enforcing his order is, in fact, a request for a prohibitory injunction, which the court of appeals lacked jurisdiction to grant. State ex rel. Lanham v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth...

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