‘You Don’t Fool With Judge Ruehlman’: High Court Disqualifies Jurist for Threats of Physical Altercation, Jail Time Against Vexatious Litigant

The high court determined that Judge Robert P. Ruehlman, a retired judge sitting by assignment on the Jackson County Court of Common Pleas, General and Domestic Relations Division, was disqualified from presiding over “Jackson v. Ward,” concluding that an objective observer would conclude that he was prejudiced against the litigant.