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*1 [Cite as State ex rel. Franks v. Cosgrove, 135 Ohio St.3d 249, 2013-Ohio-402.]
T HE S TATE EX REL . F RANKS , A PPELLANT , v. C OSGROVE , J UDGE , A PPELLEE . [Cite as State ex rel. Franks v. Cosgrove, 135 Ohio St.3d 249, 2013-Ohio-402.] Mandamus to compel credit for jail time in prison sentence—Remedy available in
ordinary course of law—Writ denied. (No. 2012-1717—Submitted February 6, 2013—Decided February 14, 2013.)
A PPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Summit County, No. 26448.
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Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying the motion of appellant, Nathaniel Franks, for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, his trial court judge, to award him jail-time credit. Franks’s claim for jail-time credit is remediable in the ordinary course of law by motion and appeal. State ex rel. Williams v. McGinty , 129 Ohio St.3d 275, 2011-Ohio-2641, 951 N.E.2d 755, ¶ 2. In addition, res judicata barred Franks from filing a successive mandamus action seeking the same relief. State ex rel. Carroll v. Corrigan , 91 Ohio St.3d 331, 744 N.E.2d 771 (2001). Finally, insofar as Franks’s second mandamus claim was instituted by motion, “original actions for extraordinary relief like a writ of mandamus must be commenced by filing a complaint or a petition, not by filing a ‘motion’ or an ‘application.’ ” State ex rel. Bealler v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. , 91 Ohio St.3d 36, 37, 740 N.E.2d 1100 (2001).
Judgment affirmed. O’C ONNOR , C.J., and P FEIFER , O’D ONNELL , L ANZINGER , K ENNEDY , F RENCH , and O’N EILL , JJ., concur.
__________________ Nathaniel Franks, pro se.
S UPREME C OURT OF O HIO Sherri Bevan Walsh, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney, and Corina Staehle Gaffney, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.
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