Ashtabula App. No. 2001-A-0045. This cause is pending before the court as an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Ashtabula County. On January 4, 2002, appellant filed a merit brief without a copy of the judgment or order of the court of appeals. S.CtPrac.R. VI(2)(B)(5)(b) requires that a copy of the judgment or order from which the appeal is taken be included in the brief. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED by the court, sua sponte, that appellant’s merit brief be, and hereby is, stricken.