Waters v. District Court for Seventeenth Judicial District

The petitioner, Doris A. Waters, Esq. (Waters), filed this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21 seeking a writ of mandamus compelling the respondent trial court (respondent court), the Honorable John J. Vigil, to authorize and order payment of certain attorney fees and costs to Waters. Waters seeks these funds to compensate her for her work as court-appointed counsel in a dependency and neglect proceeding. She also seeks payment for the attorney fees and costs she has incurred in bringing this original proceeding.

We issued a rule to show cause why the relief requested by Waters should…