Jimmie v. Alaska Village Electric Co-op, Inc.

While I agree that the presiding judge abused his discretion in denying the motion for continuance and that he had no authority to reverse the district court with respect to District Court Civil Rule 8(a), I do not agree that the presiding judge had the authority to make an administrative rule which in effect deprived the district court of jurisdiction to grant continuances.

The rule in question was promulgated in a memorandum issued by the Presiding Superior Court Judge in the Fourth Judicial District on January 2, 1979. It applied by its terms both to superior court and to district court…