COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 78163
CITY OF UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS      :
                                :       ACCELERATED DOCKET
          Plaintiff-Appellee    :
                                :         JOURNAL ENTRY
     -vs-                       :
                                :               AND
EDMUND W. ROTHSCHILD            :
                                :             OPINION
          Defendant-Appellant   :
                                :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                            MARCH 8, 2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:        Criminal appeal from
                                Lyndhurst Municipal Court
                                Case No. 99 TRD 12261
JUDGMENT:                       Vacated.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiff-Appellee:         IRL RUBIN
                                City of Lyndhurst Prosecutor
                                35401 Euclid Avenue, #101
                                Willoughby, Ohio 44094
For Defendant-Appellant:        DENNIS P. LEVIN, ESQ.
                                Park Center II - Suite 410
                                3681 Green Road
                                Cleveland, Ohio 44122-5716
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PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON, J.:
     This case  originated in University  Heights.  However,  the
University Heights judge recused and asked the common pleas court's
administrative  judge   to  assign  the   case  to  a   different
municipality.  The  administrative  judge,  upon  the   voluntary
disqualification by the University Heights judge, transferred the
case to the Lyndhurst Municipal Court.  The Lyndhurst trial judge
dismissed appellant  Edmund  Rothschild's traffic  violation  and
assessed  the cost  to  him.   He  appeals the  cost  assessment.
However, our first concern is jurisdictional.
     Historically, this court has held that an administrative judge
of common pleas court on a trial judge's voluntary disqualification
application is without  authority to transfer or reassign a  case
unless specifically authorized by statute.  See Bedford v.  Lacey
(1985), 30 Ohio App.3d 1,  506 N.E.2d 224.  We recently  followed
Bedford v. Hughes in City  of Rocky River v. Hughes (2000),  Ohio
App.Lexis 5462,  (November 22,  2000), Cuyahoga  App. No.  76771,
unreported.  There, we held only the chief justice of the Supreme
Court  of  Ohio  may  reassign a  case  on  a  judge's  voluntary
disqualification from a case.   Id.  Consequently, we vacate  the
Lyndhurst Municipal Court's decision.
     Judgment vacated.
     This cause is vacated.
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     It is, therefore, considered that said appellant recover  of
said appellee his costs herein.
     It is ordered that a special mandate be sent to said court to
carry this judgment into execution.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
DIANE KARPINSKI, A.J., and
ANNE L. KILBANE, J., CONCUR.
                                       PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON
                                               JUDGE
     N.B. This entry is an announcement of the court's  decision.
See App.R. 22(B),  22(D) and 26(A); Loc.App.R. 22. This  decision
will be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the
court pursuant to App.R. 22(E) unless a motion for reconsideration
with supporting brief, per App.R. 26(A), is filed within ten (10)
days of the announcement of the court's decision. The time period
for review by the Supreme Court of Ohio shall begin to run upon the
journalization of  this court's announcement  of decision by  the
clerk per  App.R.  22(E).  See, also,  S.Ct.Prac.R.  II,  Section
2(A)(1).
 
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