[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 96 Ohio St.3d 307.]

IN RE MALONEY. [Cite as In re Maloney, 2002-Ohio-4214.] Change of name—Denial of request to change name by transsexual—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on authority of In re Bicknell. (No. 2001-1726—Submitted and decided August 16, 2002.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA2000-08-168. __________________ {¶1} Oral argument is cancelled. {¶2} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of In re Bicknell, 96 Ohio St.3d 76, 2002-Ohio-3615, 771 N.E.2d 846. DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., would order the parties to show cause why this cause should not be decided on the authority of In re Bicknell. LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissents. __________________ LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting. {¶3} I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in In re Bicknell, 96 Ohio St.3d 76, 79, 2002-Ohio-3615, 771 N.E.2d 846, ¶ 19-21. __________________ Scott E. Knox, for appellant Richard Clark Maloney. Jillian S. Davis and Raymond V. Vasvari, Jr., for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, in support of appellant. Heather C. Sawyer and Susan J. Becker, for amici curiae Ohio Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers and its Ohio Chapter, American Public Health Association, American Counseling Association, SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and Ohio Human Rights Bar Association, in support of appellant. David R. Langdon, urging affirmance for amicus curiae American Family Association of Ohio. __________________

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