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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION

THOMAS E. BRINKMAN, JR., et al., : Case No. 1:09-CV-00326

:
Plaintiffs, : Judge DLOTT
:
v. : Magistrate Judge ______________
:
ARMOND D. BUDISH, et al., : NOTICE OF CALLING INTO QUESTION
: THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF A
Defendants. : PROVISION OF STATE LAW

To: RICHARD CORDRAY, Ohio Attorney General

c/o Robert Eskridge III, Assistant Attorney General
Constitutional Offices Section
30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Rule 5.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

Plaintiffs hereby gives notice to the Ohio Attorney General that the Verified Complaint (Doc. No. 1)

within this case has called into question the constitutionality of Section 102.03(A)(4) of the Ohio

Revised Code.

Respectfully submitted

_/s/ Christopher P. Finney____________

Christopher P. Finney (0038998)
FINNEY, STAGNARO, SABA & PATTERSON CO., LPA
2623 Erie Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45208
Telephone: (513) 533-2980
Facsimile: (513) 533-2990
Email: cfinney@fssp-law.com

Curt C. Hartman (0064242)

THE LAW FIRM OF CURT C. HARTMAN
3749 Fox Point Court
Amelia, Ohio 45102
Telephone: (513) 752-8800
Facsimile: (513) 752-6621
Email: hartmanlawfirm@fuse.net

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of the foregoing Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary

Injunction, together with a copy of the Complaint, will be served on the 11th day of May 2009, upon the

following via e-mail and via fax:

Pete Russell Rob O’Brien,

prussell@jlec-olig.state.oh.us c/o Nicholas Soulas, Chief Civil
General Counsel, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Office of the Legislative Inspector General nasoulas@franklincountyohio.gov
50 West Broad Street 373 South High Street, 14th Floor
Suite 1308 Columbus, OH 43215
Columbus, OH 43215 Fax: 614-462-6012
Fax: (614) 728-5074
Richard Cordray, Ohio Attorney General
Joseph P. Deters c/o Robert Eskridge III,
c/o Jim Harper, Chief Civil Assistant Attorney General
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney robert.eskridge@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
James.Harper@hcpros.org 30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor
Office of the Hamilton County Prosecutor Columbus, OH 43215
230 E. Ninth Street, Suite 4000
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Fax: (513) 946-3100

_/s/ Curt C. Hartman______________