On Monday, March 9, 2026, Terry L. Foster filed a complaint for a writ of procedendo in the Supreme Court of Ohio, naming Judge Michael P. Shaughnessy as a respondent. Foster, identified as an inmate from the Richland Correctional Institution, alleges wrongful detention and seeks to compel a judgment in his case, CR-22-670220, in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.

Foster’s complaint centers on a July 31, 2024 remand order that he claims has been violated. He asserts that the double jeopardy clause, collateral estoppel law, and law of the case doctrine prevent subsequent appeals and unnecessary litigation, yet he continues to endure them. Foster alleges that his motions are being ignored or vindictively denied due to his pro se status.

The filing accuses multiple judges of misconduct, including former Administrative Presiding Judge Brendan J. Sheehan and former Trial Judge William T. McGinty, with Judge John J. Spellacy also implicated. Foster contends that Judge Lisa B. Forbes of the Eighth District Court of Appeals ordered his case back to the tribunal from which it came, but the order has not been properly executed.

Foster further claims that a subsequent trial court judge has failed to reschedule his court date, which he says was previously set and then vindictively canceled by Judge McGinty without legal reason. He states that a general remand order has never been closed out as to law and has been illegally ignored.

The complaint details allegations of falsified legal documents, tampering with court records, and conspiracy among judges and legal workers to hold Foster illegally incarcerated. He asserts that his case was ruled as “insufficient of evidence,” yet he was railroaded back to jail based on invalid guilty pleas.

Foster seeks the intervention of the Ohio Supreme Court to compel the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to hold the remand order court hearing according to the law and/or to discharge him from the custody of the ODRC immediately. He also requests that an order be forwarded to the ODRC to return him to the tribunal from which he came and/or immediately release him.

A copy of the original filing can be found here.