State ex rel. Papp v. Norton

According to her complaint, relator, Elizabeth A. Papp, is the defendant in a divorce and custody dispute pending before respondent, Judge Thomas F. Norton of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations. Papp seeks a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Norton to hear and timely dispose of various motions and to issue judgment entries accordingly.

On February 10,1993, we issued an alternative writ, 66 Ohio St.3d 1412, 607 N.E.2d 11, ordering Judge Norton to answer by March 2,1993 and show cause why the peremptory writ of mandamus should not be granted. As of this…