Joel Zellmer v. King County

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION ONE JOEL ZELLMER, ) No. 80753-6-I ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) UNPUBLISHED OPINION ) KING COUNTY, ) ) Respondent. ) BOWMAN, J. — An appellate court’s mandate binds lower courts and must be strictly followed. After determining that Joel Zellmer was not entitled to statutory penalties, costs, or attorney fees in his Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, lawsuit, our opinion affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of his case and we issued a mandate. Zellmer then moved the superior court to assign a judge and issue a case schedule under…