Cuyahoga App. No. 72993. This cause is pending before the court as an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County. On January 15, 1998, appellee filed a response to appellant’s motion for sanctions that was due December 26, 1997. S.Ct.Prac.R. XIV(IXC) prohibits the filing of documents that are not timely tendered for filing. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED by the eourt, sua sponte, that appellee’s response to motion for sanctions be, and hereby is, stricken.