Heninger v. Ninth Circuit Court

HOWE, Justice:

This is an appeal of a summary judgment granted by the Fifth District Court on a petition for an extraordinary writ. In granting the writ, the district court reversed the Ninth Circuit Court’s forfeiture of four bail bonds and enjoined the circuit court’s revocation of respondents’ bonding authority.

Respondents H. C. and Doris Heninger were authorized bondsmen for the Ninth Circuit Court. They filed undertakings of bail with that court in four separate drunk driving cases. Each of the defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced to sixty days in the county jail and to pay a fine…