Opinion
No. 94582.
RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2010.
Writ of Prohibition, Motion No. 430798, Order No. 431888.
WRIT DENIED.
Fred D. Middleton, Attorney for Relator.
William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, By: James E. Moss, Assistant County Prosecutor, Attorneys for Respondent.
JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
{¶ 1} On January 27, 2010, the relator, Deangelo Holliday, commenced this prohibition action against the respondent, Judge Eileen T. Gallagher, to prohibit her from proceeding in the underlying case, State v. Holliday, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case No. CR-527266. Holliday argues that the trial court lacks jurisdiction in the underlying case because he was younger than 18 years old at the time the alleged offenses occurred and there has been no bindover proceeding by the juvenile court. On February 3, 2010, the respondent, through the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, moved for summary judgment on the grounds of mootness. Attached to the dispositive motion was a certified copy of a February 2, 2010 journal entry in the underlying case that stated: "Plaintiff's motion to transfer case to juvenile court is granted." On February 10, 2010, this court directed the petitioner to file his response to the judge's summary judgment motion within ten days because the matter appears to be moot. Holliday never filed a response.
{¶ 2} Accordingly, this court grants the judge's motion for summary judgment and denies the application for a writ of prohibition because the matter is now moot; the case is no longer pending before the respondent, but before the juvenile court as Holliday desired. Each side to bear their own costs. The court directs the clerk to serve upon the parties notice of this judgment and its date of entry upon the journal. Civ. R. 58(B).
ANN DYKE, P.J., and MARY J. BOYLE, J., CONCUR.