Franklin App. No. 95APD11-1433. This cause is pending before the court as an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County. On April 8, 1997, appellant filed a request for oral argument, which was due under S.Ct.Prac.R. IX(2)(B) no later than April 7, 1997. Whereas S.Ct.Prac.R. XIV(1)(C) prohibits the untimely filing of a request for oral argument,
IT IS ORDERED by the court, sua sponte, that appellant’s request for oral argument be, and hereby is, stricken.