State v. Noe

{¶ 1} Defendant Thomas W. Noe has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking the disqualification of Judge Thomas J. Osowik and all other judges in Lucas County from acting on any further proceedings in case No. CR06-1348 in the Court of Common Pleas of Lucas County.

{¶ 2} Noe recounts in his affidavit his many efforts to unseat judges in Lucas County who have run as Democrats in primary elections, and he describes Judge Osowik and nearly all of the judges in the county as his “political enemfies].” Noe explains that he served as a Republican member of the board…