On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Javitch Block LLC and Annemarie Wodzisz filed a complaint for a writ of prohibition in the Ohio Supreme Court against Judge Susan R. Wollscheid of the Washington Court House Municipal Court. The filing seeks to prevent Judge Wollscheid from exercising judicial authority in a case involving the relators, alleging she lacks jurisdiction.
Judge Wollscheid is the assigned judge in a legal matter known as the *Miller II Action, case number CVF-24-00801*. This case stems from a lawsuit filed by UHG I, LLC against Angel Miller on September 19, 2024, to collect a debt of $12,630.90. The relators, Javitch Block LLC, a law firm, and Annemarie Wodzisz, a licensed Ohio attorney, represented UHG I, LLC in this action. The complaint asserts that Judge Wollscheid improperly exercised judicial power over them through orders related to a counterclaim filed by Miller.
The legal dispute has roots in a prior case, the Miller I Action, filed on July 1, 2021, by UHG I, LLC against Miller for the same debt. In that earlier case, Miller filed a counterclaim alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, fraud, negligence, and civil conspiracy.
On November 4, 2022, Judge Wollscheid transferred the Miller I Action to the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas due to the counterclaim exceeding the municipal court’s monetary jurisdiction. That case, now known as the Fayette Common Pleas Action, remains pending with a hearing scheduled for December 30, 2024.
In the Miller II Action, Judge Wollscheid dismissed the case on October 23, 2024, noting it duplicated the earlier Miller I Action. However, on December 13, 2024, Miller filed a motion requesting her counterclaim, submitted on October 18, 2024, be docketed. On February 14, 2025, Judge Wollscheid ordered the clerk to docket Miller’s counterclaim, designating the case active for adjudication. A subsequent order on March 11, 2025, directed the clerk to file and serve the counterclaim, leading to service on the relators on March 18, 2025.
The relators argue that Judge Wollscheid’s actions after the October 2024 dismissal exceeded her jurisdiction, as the municipal court lost authority over the case. They also contend that the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas holds exclusive jurisdiction due to the pending Fayette Common Pleas Action.
The complaint requests an alternative writ to stay all proceedings in the Miller II Action and a writ of prohibition to bar Judge Wollscheid from further actions against the relators.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
