Case Name: Krooss, Appellant, v. Murray, Judge, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2009-08-18
Citations: 123 Ohio St. 3d 85
Docket Number: No. 2009-0449
Parties: Krooss, Appellant, v. Murray, Judge, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 123
Pages: 85–85

Head Matter:
Krooss, Appellant, v. Murray, Judge, Appellee.
[Cite as Krooss v. Murray, 123 Ohio St.3d 85, 2009-Ohio-4051.]
(No. 2009-0449
Submitted August 11, 2009
Decided August 18, 2009.)
Herbert Creech, for appellant.
Ronald C. Lewis, Xenia Law Director, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the petition of appellant, Paul Krooss, for a writ of prohibition to prevent appellee, Xenia Municipal Court Judge Michael Murray, from proceeding in a case involving Krooss. Contrary to appellant's assertions, Judge Murray does not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction over the underlying case, because the case has a territorial connection to the municipal court. See Cheap Escape Co., Inc. v. Haddox, L.L.C., 120 Ohio St.3d 493, 2008-Ohio-6323, 900 N.E.2d 601, syllabus. Absent a patent and unambiguous lack of jurisdiction, Krooss has an adequate remedy by appeal to raise his jurisdictional claim. State ex rel. Plant v. Cosgrove, 119 Ohio St.3d 264, 2008-Ohio-3838, 893 N.E.2d 485, ¶ 5.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.