Willmes v. Reno Municipal Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Agosti, J.:

Robert V. Willmes petitioned the district court for a writ of mandamus after the Reno Municipal Court rejected a civil compromise between Willmes and his wife of a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. Willmes then filed a motion to disqualify the Reno City Attorney’s Office from prosecuting Willmes on the domestic battery charge, as well as from representing the municipal court in the mandamus proceedings. The district court denied both the motion and the petition for a writ of mandamus. On appeal, Willmes asserts that the district court erred in denying his…