Kelly v. MISSISSIPPI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

Petitioner Clarence D. Kelly petitions this court to stay proceedings Mississippi County Circuit Court; to issue a writ of certiorari quashing the recusal orders ofjudge Ralph Wilson, Judge Barbara Halsey, and Judge Cindy Thyer; to issue writs of mandamus directing Judges Halsey and Thyer to reconsider their recusals; and to issue a writ of certiorari, or in the alternative, a writ of prohibition preventing Judge David Burnett from conducting the trial scheduled October 13, 2008. Petitioner asserts that it is a violation of the court’s administrative plan for Judge Burnett to preside over…