State ex rel. Schmidt v. School Employees Retirement System

{¶ 1} In January 2002, appellant, Patricia Schmidt, filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County. In her complaint as subsequently amended, Schmidt requested a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, School Employees Retirement System (“SERS”), to grant her previously filed application for disability retirement benefits. Upon SERS’s motion, the case was transferred to the Court of Appeals for Franklin County.

{¶ 2} The court of appeals referred the case to a magistrate under Civ.R. 53(C) and Loc.R. 12(M) of the Tenth District Court of Appeals. In November 2002, the magistrate…