In re Disqualification of Krichbaum

{¶ 1} Plaintiff DuJuan L. Adams has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge R. Scott Kriehbaum from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 2013-CV-1398, a civil action pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Mahoning County.

{¶ 2} Adams is seeking damages against the Mahoning County clerk of courts for alleged negligent and reckless acts. Adams asserts that Judge Kriehbaum should be disqualified from hearing the matter because the judge (1) presided over Adams’s related criminal case, (2) has “routinely” and “reflexively”…