In Re George Voinovich, Governor, State of Ohio

ORDER

In this class action arising from riots that occurred at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in April of 1993, the district court ordered the parties to participate in a summary jury trial in an attempt' to obtain a settlement of the action. The defendants moved to vacate the order on the grounds that In re NLO, Inc., 5 F.3d 154 (6th Cir.1993), prohibited compelling a party to participate in a summary jury trial. The district court denied the motion. The defendants agreed not to seek a mandamus to vacate the summary jury trial if the proceedings would be closed to the public. The…