D.H. v. Montana Fourth Judicial District Court

OPINION and ORDER

¶1 This matter comes before the Court on a Petition for Writ of Supervisory Control. Petitioners ask this Court to exercise supervisory control, pursuant to M. R. App. P. 14, over the Montana Fourth Judicial District Court in relation to Missoula County Cause Nos. DJ 11-88, DJ 11-90, and DC 11-507. They claim that the District Court incorrectly denied as untimely their motions for substitution of district court judge in those cases.

¶2 Supervisory control is an extraordinary remedy that is sometimes justified when (1) urgency or emergency factors exist making the normal appeal…