State ex rel. Ellis v. Schroeder

KAROHL, Presiding Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition to prevent respondent circuit judge from enforcing an order entered in a civil case now pending in the circuit court of St. Charles County, entitled Sheila D. Lourance v. James P. Trescott, Cause No. CV182-173CC. The order directed against relator, who is not a party to the underlying suit, sustained plaintiff’s motion for sanctions for failure to appear for a deposition. Relator contends that respondent had no authority to issue the order as the subpoena commanding him to attend the deposition was *768not validly issued. We…