Butler App. No. CA2002-03-055. This cause is pending before the court as an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Butler County. On June 23, 2003, appellants filed their merit brief, which included argument on behalf of appellee James Thomson, D.O. Whereas appellee James Thomson, D.O., has not perfected an appeal and is, therefore, not an appellant,

IT IS ORDERED by the court, sua sponte, that all references in appellants’ merit brief to James Thomson, D.O., be, and hereby are, stricken.