STATE EX REL. ROMELY v. Sheldon

OPINION

TOCI, Judge.

¶ 1 The state asks this court to reverse the trial court’s denial of its request to depose Eddie Ray Thompson, a person against whom the state has filed a petition under the Sexually Violent Persons Act (“SVPA”). See Ariz.Rev.Stat. Ann. (A.R.S.) §§ 36-3701 to - 3716 (Supp.1999). None of the grounds asserted by Thompson to block the taking of his deposition support the trial court’s ruling, however, and therefore, we accept jurisdiction and grant the requested relief. See State ex rel. Romley v. Superior Court, 184 Ariz. 409, 410, 909 P.2d 476, 477 (1995) (special action…