Timothy J. Grendell Gerald W. Phillips, Plaintiffs-Appellants/cross-Appellees v. The Ohio Supreme Court, Defendants-Appellees/cross-Appellants

OPINION

ALDRICH, District Judge.

The plaintiff-appellants and cross-appel-lees, Timothy Grendell and Gerald Phillips (“Grendell”), bring this case against the defendant-appellees and cross-appellants, the Ohio Supreme Court and four of the justices serving on that Court (“the Ohio Supreme Court”), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Grendell argues that Ohio Supreme Court Practice Rule XIV, § 5 (“Rule XIV, § 5” or “the Rule”) is unconstitutional on its face, violating the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, since it does not afford…