State ex rel. Rockwell International v. Ford

A writ of prohibition will issue only when: “(1) the court or officer against whom it is sought must be about to exercise judicial or quasi-judicial power; (2) the exercise of such power must amount to an unauthorized usurpation of judicial power; and (3) it must appear that the refusal of the writ would result in an injury for which there is no adequate remedy.” State, ex rel. D.P. & L. Co., v. Kistler (1979), 57 Ohio St. 2d 21, 22.

There is no question that appellee is a judicial officer who is about to exercise judicial power. The exercise of that judicial power would also amount to an…