State ex rel. Reese v. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections

{¶ 1} This is an expedited election case for writs of mandamus and prohibition to prevent a county board of elections from placing the name of an incumbent judge as a candidate for judge of the Rocky River Municipal Court on the *127November 6, 2007 general election ballot. Because the mandamus claim is actually a claim for declaratory and prohibitory relief, we dismiss it for lack of jurisdiction. In addition, because the prohibition claim lacks merit, we deny it.

{¶ 2} Maureen Adler Gravens has served as a judge of the Rocky River Municipal Court since January 1988.…