State ex rel. West v. McDonnell, 9 N.E.3d 1030

Timothy West and his brother Todd filed nearly identical petitions in the Eighth District Court of Appeals seeking writs of prohibition against Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell.
The court of appeals dismissed both petitions; Timothy West appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.
The Ohio Supreme Court adopted the factual background from Todd West’s companion opinion (same underlying convictions and forfeiture issues).
Timothy’s first two propositions of law were identical to Todd’s and rejected for the same reasons.
Timothy’s third proposition challenged the clerk’s alleged failure to provide an itemized bill of court costs. He did not submit the actual cost bill to the court record.
There was no allegation that the clerk had issued a certificate of judgment or taken any collection action on the costs, so the Court deemed the objection premature.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the petition for prohibition	West argued the petition should proceed (issues identical to Todd’s)	McDonnell argued dismissal was proper	Dismissal affirmed; West’s first two propositions rejected for same reasons as Todd’s case
Whether the clerk failed to provide an itemized bill of costs	West claimed the cost bill sent was not itemized and raised objection	Clerk/defendant noted statutory duties and that no itemized bill was in the record; no collection attempted	Court rejected the objection: West didn’t file the cost bill, and challenge is premature absent collection efforts

State ex rel. West v. McDonnell, 139 Ohio St.3d 115 (2014) (companion opinion with adopted factual background and grounds for rejecting identical propositions of law)