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, *213from interfering with his appellate rights concerning a probate matter. After Judge Costine filed a motion to dismiss, Ahmed, on October 29, 2002, filed a “notice” to amend his complaint to add a claim for a writ of mandamus.

Nawaz Ahmed, pro se.

{¶ 2} On that same date, Ahmed filed a notice of…