Cassidy v. Teton Cnty. Coroner (In re Birkholz)

GRAY, Justice.

[¶1] Appellants, Paul Cassidy and Bruce Hayse, M.D., filed a W.R.C.P. Rule 60 motion to set aside the Coroner's Inquest Verdict. The district court dismissed the motion, concluding it lacked subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

ISSUE

[¶2] Appellants raise two issues, one of which is dispositive and rephrased as:

Does the district court have subject matter jurisdiction in a post-coroner inquest proceeding?

We do not address Appellants' second issue, whether post-inquest proceedings are governed by Wyoming's Administrative Procedure Act because that question is moot: the time for…