Election Systems & Software, Inc. v. Blackwell

Moyer, CJ.

{¶ 1} Attorney Larry H. James — counsel for the defendant — has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking the disqualification of Judge Dale Crawford from acting on any further proceedings in case No. 05-CVH-4855 in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County.

*1224{¶ 2} James alleges that Judge Crawford is biased and prejudiced against defendant Blackwell because Blackwell recently sought a writ of prohibition from this court to prevent the judge from hearing the case in the trial court. This court denied Blackwell’s request for a writ in September 2005,…