Office of the State Public Defender v. Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court

OPINION AND ORDER

¶1 The Office of the State Public Defender (OPD) has filed a petition for writ of supervisory control in which it asks us to vacate an order appointing OPD to represent petitioner Matthew Ulrigg in Gallatin County Cause No. DV11-342A unless the District Court complies with §46-21-201, MCA. OPD also asks us to prohibit the District Court from appointing OPD in any postconviction proceeding until after the court has received a response to the petition from the State of Montana. OPD has attached to its petition copies of orders in which both Judge Holly Brown and Judge Mike…