In re Disqualification of Capper

{¶ 1} Plaintiff Melinda E. Polen has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Thomas J. Capper from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 00-DR-0023, now pending in the Domestic Relations Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Clark County.

{¶ 2} Polen claims that Judge Capper should be disqualified based on the following six allegations: (1) Judge Capper favors defendant David Herier, (2) Judge Capper has a “pre-existing bias” toward Herier’s attorney, Douglas Geyer, (3) Judge Capper has “preconceived notions about critical…