Opinion
2021-1428
03-18-2022
ADAMS v. DEWINE
CASE ANNOUNCEMENT
MOTION AND PROCEDURAL RULING
On complaint invoking this court's original jurisdiction pursuant to Article XIX, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution. Petitioners' motion to enforce court's order denied as procedurally improper. This court entered final judgment in this case on January 14, 2022, and did not retain jurisdiction to review any plan passed or adopted under Article XIX, Section 3(A) or 3(B) of the Ohio Constitution. Petitioners may not, through a motion to enforce, challenge the validity of the congressional redistricting plan adopted on March 2, 2022.
Petitioners' motion for leave to file amended complaint denied. The motion seeks to add new claims that arose after this court's final judgment on January 14, 2022.
Nothing in this order shall be construed as precluding the filing of a new original action challenging the validity of the March 2, 2022 plan under Article XIX, Section 3(A) of the Ohio Constitution.
Kennedy, Fischer, and DeWine, JJ., concur in the dismissal and would deny as moot the motion for leave to file amended complaint.