Morga v. Superior Court

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

The petitioner filed a special action seeking to require the trial court to honor a Notice of Change of Judge filed pursuant to Rule 42(f), Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure. We accept jurisdiction and grant relief, and we direct the trial court to honor the Notice of Change of Judge.

The complex procedural history of the case is not important. The relevant facts are these: the petitioner filed a Notice of Change of Judge more than ten days after the case was reassigned from one judge to another. The notice was, however, filed more than sixty days before the case was…