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Ohio judge pulled from cases over coronavirus concerns
Read full article: Ohio judge pulled from cases over coronavirus concernsDefense attorney Harry Reinhart stands for a portrait at his office building in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court sided with a complaint by Reinhart that Muskingum County Judge Mark Fleegle wasn't providing sufficient protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in his courtroom. The chief justice pulled the judge off two trials Reinhart is participating in. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio judge who failed to adopt written rules for mask wearing and other coronavirus prevention measures has been removed from two cases by the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. But in other places, “trial judges have been able to proceed safely with jury trials,” said Pfeifer, a former state Supreme Court justice.