STATE CARTER v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY (2000)

Supreme Court of Ohio.

The STATE ex rel. CARTER, Appellant, v. OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, Appellee.

No. 99-2108.

Decided: August 30, 2000

Paul Mancino, Jr., Cleveland, for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Jihad M. Smaili, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Appellant had adequate legal remedies to raise his claims. Moreover, habeas corpus, not mandamus, is the proper action to seek release from prison. See State ex rel. Milner v. Ohio Adult Parole Auth. (2000), 87 Ohio St.3d 567, 568, 722 N.E.2d 72. Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.

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