Ohio R. Superi. Ct. 37.03
Each administrative judge of a municipal or county court shall prepare and submit monthly a completed "Administrative Judge Report," which shall be a report of all cases not individually assigned. If submitted in hard-copy format pursuant to Sup.R. 37(A), the report form shall contain the signatures of the administrative judge and the preparer, if other than the administrative judge, attesting to the accuracy of the report. If submitted in electronic format pursuant to Sup.R. 37(B)(1), the administrative judge shall be deemed to have attested to the accuracy of the report.
Each judge of a municipal or county court shall prepare and submit monthly a completed "Individual Judge Report," which shall be a report of all cases assigned to the individual judge. If submitted in hard-copy format pursuant to Sup.R. 37(A), the report form shall contain the signatures of the reporting judge, the administrative judge, and the preparer, if other than the reporting judge, attesting to the accuracy of the report. If submitted in electronic format pursuant to Sup.R. 37(B)(1), the reporting judge and administrative judge shall be deemed to have attested to the accuracy of the report.
Each judge temporarily assigned to a municipal or county court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and each judge of a municipal or county court temporarily assigned to another division of the court by the presiding judge of the court shall prepare and submit monthly a completed report of the judge's work in the division to which the judge has been assigned. The report shall be submitted to the judge for whom the assigned judge is sitting and included in that judge's report to the Case Management Section of the Supreme Court submitted by the administrative judge of the division pursuant to division (B) of this rule. If submitted in hard-copy format pursuant to Sup.R. 37(A), the report form shall contain the signatures of the reporting judge, the administrative judge, and the preparer, if other than the reporting judge, attesting to the accuracy of the report. If submitted in electronic format pursuant to Sup.R. 37(B)(1), the reporting judge and administrative judge shall be deemed to have attested to the accuracy of the report.
Ohio. R. Superi. Ct. 37.03
Staff Notes
Reports to administrative judge
Under Sup.R. 4(B)(3), the administrative judge may require reports from each judge as are necessary to discharge the overall responsibility for the administration, docket, and calendar of the court. Sup.R. 38 sets out the duties of the administrative judge with respect to the preparation of reports.
Municipal and county court reports
The Administrative Judge Report pertains to cases pending on the docket of the court which have not been individually assigned pursuant to Sup.R. 36. The preparation of this report and the review of cases required by Sup.R. 40 are the principal tools that the administrative judge uses to discharge the responsibilities under Sup.R. 4.
The timely and accurate preparation of the Individual Judge Report and the review of cases required by Sup.R. 40 provide the information necessary for the individual judge to discharge the judge's duties.
For purposes of this reporting requirement, an assigned judge may be an active or retired judge. Additionally, assigned judges, as well as acting judges, report their work in accordance with the instructions regarding the Visiting Judge column.