State ex rel. Sapp v. Franklin County Court of Appeals

{¶ 1} This is an original action for a writ of prohibition to prevent a court of appeals from proceeding in an appeal and a writ of mandamus to compel the court of appeals to dismiss the appeal. Because the court of appeals patently and unambiguously lacks jurisdiction to proceed in the appeal pursuant to R.C. 2323.52(F)(2) and (I), we grant the requested extraordinary relief.

Vexatious-Litigator Judgment

{¶ 2} Relators, F. William Sapp and Paul Liu, are two of several defendants in Berman v. Liu, Franklin C.P. case No. 06CVH12-16617, a case filed by respondent Larry Berman in the Franklin…