State Ex Rel. Russell v. Shaker Heights Municipal Court

This appeal came on to be heard upon the accelerated docket pursuant to App.R. 11.1 and LocApp.R. 25.

Relator-appellant, James M. Russell, appeals pro se from an order of the common pleas court requiring Russell to pay attorney fees in the sum of $350 to the Shaker Heights Municipal Court and Magistrate Judge John Judge, respondents-appellees. Following dismissal of Russell’s verified complaint for a writ of prohibition, the award was made pursuant to R.C. 2323.51(B)(1), which provides that “within twenty-one days after the entry of judgment in a civil action, the court may award reasonable…