In re Judicial Campaign Complaint Against Kienzle

*32ORDER OF THE COMMISSION OF JUDGES.

This matter came to be reviewed by a commission of five judges appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio pursuant to Gov.Jud.R. II(5)(E)(1) and R.C. 2701.11. The commission members are: Judges John T. Patton, Jan Michael Long, John D. Schmitt, Barbara P. Gorman, and Jon R. Spahr, Chair.

On October 2, 1998, the complainant, Judge Robert Brown, filed a grievance with the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court. The complaint alleged that the respondent, Roger Kienzle, had violated Canon 7(E)(1) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by…