Jeaness v. Second Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

Petitioners make “application for Writ of Mandate . . . for the reason that the judge of the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, the Honorable John W. Barrett, has recused himself from acting further in the case (namely, Besnilian v. Church, et al., No. 79-1300) and has assigned the case to Department 6, the Honorable James Guinan, after plaintiff's Besnilian moved for peremptory challenge against Judge Barrett.” The peremptory challenge to which petitioners refer was filed after Judge Barrett had heard and ruled upon a motion for…