Ohio Loc. App. R. 16
Cases involving related transactions and the same or similar principles of law may be consolidated at the discretion of the court either upon motion or sua sponte. Upon the filing of notices of appeal from cases which were consolidated below and for which consolidation on appeal is also appropriate, the appellant shall immediately file a motion in this court requesting consolidation of the appeals. If the appellant fails to do so, the appellee may file a motion for consolidation, or the court may sua sponte order consolidation of the appeals.
Once two or more cases have been consolidated in the court of appeals, the first case shall be deemed the "lead case." Thereafter, all filings and entries pertaining to the consolidated matter shall contain all case numbers, with the lead case number appearing first, but shall be filed in only the lead case. Upon such filing, the clerk of this court shall docket the filing in each of the consolidated cases, and such docketing shall constitute filing therein. Dispositive motions pertaining to fewer than all cases within a consolidated matter shall contain only the case numbers to which they pertain and shall be docketed in only those cases.
Ohio. Loc. App. R. 16