In re Disqualification of Gall

{¶ 1} Jonathan N. Garver, counsel for defendant John Moore Jr. in the underlying case, has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Steven E. Gall from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. CR-00-392440-A, now pending for a resentencing hearing in the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County.

{¶ 2} Garver alleges that Judge Gall should be disqualified to avoid an appearance of impropriety. As background, Judge Timothy J. McGinty presided over Moore’s case from 2000 until the judge’s resignation in 2011. Effective October 1,…