State ex rel. Ahmed v. Costine

{¶ 1} In September 2002, appellant, Nawaz Ahmed, an inmate at Mansfield Correctional Institution, filed a complaint in the Court of Appeals for Belmont County. Ahmed requested a writ of prohibition to prevent appellee, Judge John Mark Costine of the Belmont County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, from subverting his appellate rights in certain probate cases. On October 29, 2002, Ahmed voluntarily dismissed his complaint under Civ.R. 41(A)(1)(a).

{¶ 2} On December 20, 2002, the court of appeals dismissed Ahmed’s complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.1…