LaPlante v. TOWN PUMP, INC.

¶ 1 Judith LaPlante (LaPlante) appeals an order of the Ninth Judicial District Court, Glacier County, denying her motion for substitution of judge. We affirm.

¶2 LaPlante raises the following issue:

¶3 Did the District Court properly deem LaPlante’s substitution motion untimely?

¶4 LaPlante filed an action in 1996 in Blackfeet Tribal Court against Town Pump, Inc. and Major Brands Distributing Imports, Inc. (collectively ‘Town Pump”). She alleged that Town Pump had dumped chemicals on tribal lands, and that her exposure to these toxic chemicals had caused her injury. Town Pump challenged the…