State Yonkings v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. Corr

Full title: THE STATE EX REL. YONKINGS, APPELLANT, v. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF…

Court: Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Apr 20, 1994

69 Ohio St. 3d 70 (Ohio 1994)

630 N.E.2d 365

Opinion

No. 93-2552

Submitted March 1, 1994 —

Decided April 20, 1994.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 93AP-655.

Charles B. Yonkings, pro se. Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General, and Joshua T. Cox, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

Per Curiam.

The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed for the reason stated in the court's opinion, i.e., declaratory judgment provides an adequate remedy to appellant and its availability was thus an appropriate basis to deny the writ. State ex rel. Citizens for Fair Taxation v. Lucas Cty. Bd. of Commrs. (1992), 63 Ohio St.3d 749, 752, 591 N.E.2d 691, 693; State ex rel. Fenske v. McGovern (1984), 11 Ohio St.3d 129, 11 OBR 426, 464 N.E.2d 525, paragraph two of the syllabus; R.C. 2731.05.

Judgment affirmed.

MOYER, C.J., A.W. SWEENEY, DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.