Jones v. Geauga County Republican Party Central Committee

O’Connor, CJ.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff Diane Jones and her counsel, Mark S. O’Brien, have filed affidavits with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Forrest W. Burt from presiding over any further proceedings in the above-captioned case.

{¶ 2} O’Brien avers that an appearance of bias exists because of Judge Burt’s “significant personal, political, professional, and financial” connections to defendants, the Geauga County Republican Party Central Committee and its chairperson, and to individual members of the central committee, which includes many local public officials.…