State ex rel. Chester Twp. v. Grendell (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} Relators, Chester Township and its trustees, Michael J. Petruziello, Bud Kinney, and Ken Radtke Jr., seek to prohibit respondent, Judge Timothy J. Grendell, from issuing or enforcing rulings against them in Geauga County Probate Court case No. 84PC000139, the case that created the Chester Township Park District. Judge Grendell issued entries that the township trustees allege impose duties, obligations, and fees on them that he has no jurisdiction to impose. Because the township and its trustees have an alternative remedy by way of appeal and because Judge Grendell did not patently and…