Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 5, 2007.

Waiver of right of respondent Christopher R. Rothgery, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Lorain County to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 11, 2006)

Milton Cotton, Petitioner, pro se

Christopher R. Rothgery, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Lorain County, Respondent, represented by Martin Robert Flanagan