State Ex Rel. Mateo D.O. v. Circuit Court for Winnebago County

¶ 1. Mateo D.O. petitions for a writ of mandamus compelling the Honorable L. Edward Stengel, Chief Judge for Wisconsin Circuit Court Fourth Judicial District, and the Winnebago Circuit Court, the Honorable Thomas Gritton presiding, to grant his request for judicial substitution. Two issues are presented: whether a chief judge has authority to review the denial of a substitution request made in a juvenile court proceeding under Wis. Stat. § 938.29(1) and whether the juvenile must personally sign the substitution request. We conclude that under Wis. Stat. § 801.01(2), the chief judge has…