Gray v. Gienapp

GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] On January 10, 2007, the circuit court for the Third Judicial Circuit, venued in Moody County, the Honorable David Gienapp presiding, filed an alternative writ of prohibition. It ordered Bob Gray, the president pro tempore of the South Dakota Senate, and the members of the Senate to “desist and refrain” “during the 2007 South Dakota Legislative Session under Proposed Senate Rules on Discipline and Expulsion of Members” from holding any hearings regarding Senator Dan Sutton’s alleged sexual misconduct with a senate page. The writ also restrained Gray and the…