In re Disqualification of Knece

{¶ 1} Kinsley F. Nyce, counsel for defendant Mark Rothwell, filed an affidavit of disqualification on January 27, 2014, against Judge P. Randall Knece of the Court of Common Pleas of Pickaway County. Nyce’s affidavit was denied by entry dated February 4, 2014, because the record failed to indicate what, if anything, remained pending before Judge Knece in the underlying case. See In re Disqualification of Hayes, 135 Ohio St.3d 1221, 2012-Ohio-6306, 985 N.E.2d 501, ¶ 6 (“[t]he Chief Justice cannot rule on an affidavit of disqualification when * * * nothing is pending before the trial court”).

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