Urquhart v. Davis

On March 7, 2000, Walter Urquhart filed a petition AM. writ of mandamus in this court contending that the Honorable Fred Davis, Circuit Judge, had failed to act within a reasonable time on a pro se petition for declaratory judgment that was filed in his court on April 2, 1999. On the day the mandamus action was filed here, one of our staff attorneys wrote to Judge Davis to ascertain the status of the petition for declaratory judgment. There was no response to the letter. On March 16, 2000, the Attorney General responded to the mandamus action, urging that the petition be denied because there…