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*1 [Cite as Hunt v. Sheldon , 127 Ohio St.3d 14, 2010-Ohio-4991.]
H UNT , A PPELLANT , v. S HELDON , W ARDEN , A PPELLEE . [Cite as Hunt v. Sheldon , 127 Ohio St.3d 14, 2010-Ohio-4991.] Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing petition for writ of habeas corpus
affirmed. (No. 2010-0971 — Submitted October 13, 2010 — Decided October 20, 2010.)
A PPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Marion County, No. 9-10-28.
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Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the amended petition of appellant, Rickie Lee Hunt, for a writ of habeas corpus to compel his release from prison. “ ‘[H]abeas corpus is proper in the criminal context only if the petitioner is entitled to immediate release from prison or some other physical confinement.’ ” Keith v. Bobby , 117 Ohio St.3d 470, 2008-Ohio- 1443, 884 N.E.2d 1067, ¶ 12, quoting Scanlon v. Brunsman , 112 Ohio St.3d 151, 2006-Ohio-6522, 858 N.E.2d 411, ¶ 4. Hunt’s prison sentence has not expired, and he has no inherent or constitutional right to be released before its expiration, State ex rel. White v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. , 98 Ohio St.3d 290, 2003-Ohio- 773, 783 N.E.2d 900, ¶ 3; Hattie v. Anderson (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 232, 233, 626 N.E.2d 67 (“R.C. 2967.03 creates no expectancy of parole or a constitutional liberty interest sufficient to establish a right of procedural due process”); Layne v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. , 97 Ohio St.3d 456, 2002-Ohio-6719, 780 N.E.2d 548, ¶ 28 (Ohio Adult Parole Authority “has wide-ranging discretion in parole matters”). We deny appellant’s motion for oral argument and appointment of counsel.
Judgment affirmed. B ROWN , C.J., and P FEIFER , L UNDBERG S TRATTON , O’C ONNOR , O’D ONNELL , L ANZINGER , and C UPP , JJ., concur.
S UPREME C OURT OF O HIO
__________________ Rickie Lee Hunt, pro se.
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and Stephanie Watson, Principal Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
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