State ex rel. Sobczav. Skow

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a mandamus action by the Court of Appeals for Lucas County. Relator-appellant, Richard Sobczak, is the defendant in Jazweicki et al. v. Sobczak, case No. 88-0468 (the “Jazweicki case”), which is pending before Judge Robert Christiansen, one of respondents-appellees, the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lucas County. Pursuant to that action, Sobczak propounded thirty-eight interrogatories and several requests for production of documents. The plaintiffs did not respond.

On Sobczak’s motion to compel discovery, Judge Christiansen ordered a response,…