In re Disqualification of Basinger

{¶ 1} Paul R. Bonfiglio, counsel for defendant Dylan Brinkman, has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Randall L. Basinger from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 12 CV 119, a civil action pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Putnam County.

{¶ 2} Bonfiglio claims that Judge Basinger’s participation in the underlying civil action creates an appearance of bias because the judge had presided over a separate criminal matter based on the same set of facts. According to the affidavit, Brinkman and the prosecutor in that…