Legal Opinion
Hornung v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 8, 2000No. D034993PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’ROURKE, J.
Petitioners Tom Hornung, Warden at RJ. Donovan Correctional Facility, and James W. Nielsen, Chairman of the Board of Prison Terms, seek a writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to grant their motion to quash subpoenas for two commissioners of the Board of Prison Terms to appear at evidentiary hearings pursuant to orders to show cause granted as to the writs of habeas corpus of Ronald Zych and William Henry Jackson (Real Parties). Petitioners contend the court should have granted the motion to quash because the separation of powers doctrine and the deliberative…
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