STATE EX REL. McQUEEN v. CUYAHOGA CTY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, PROBATE DIV.

No. 2012-0923.

135 Ohio St.3d 291 (2013)

2013-Ohio-65

THE STATE EX REL. McQUEEN, Appellant, v. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY, PROBATE DIVISION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Disability Rights Ohio, John R. Harrison , and Jason C. Boylan , for appellant.

Timothy J. McGinty , Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Charles E. Hannan , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Ohio Poverty Law Center, L.L.C., Michael R. Smalz , and Sarah E. Biehl , urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Poverty Law Center, L.L.C., and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel.

McDonald Hopkins, L.L.C., and R. Jeffrey Pollock , urging reversal for amici curiae The Arc of Ohio, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Ohio, and People First of Ohio.

Natasha A. Plumly , urging reversal for amicus curiae Southeastern Ohio Legal Services.

John E. Schrider Jr. , urging reversal for amicus curiae Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio.

Paul E. Zindle , urging reversal for amicus curiae Community Legal Aid Services, Inc.

William H. Fraser , urging reversal for amicus curiae Legal Aid Society of Columbus.

Miriam Sheline , urging reversal for amicus curiae Pro Seniors, Inc.

Aneel L. Chablani , urging reversal for amicus curiae Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.

Thomas Malakar , urging reversal for amicus curiae Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

Veronica L. Martinez , urging reversal for amicus curiae Legal Aid of Western Ohio.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal by appellant, James L. McQueen, an indigent ward subject to a guardianship, from a judgment entered by the court of appeals denying his request for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Probate Division, to appoint counsel at court expense for him in a hearing to review the continued necessity of the guardianship...

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