State Ex Rel. Gilboy v. Circuit Court for Waukesha County

This is an original action in mandamus seeking to compel the Honorable Harold J. Wollen-zien, Chief Judge of the Third Judicial District, to assign Terrence Gilboy’s pending divorce action to an appropriate circuit court judge following the filing of a substitution of judge pursuant to the provisions of sec. 801.58 (7), Stats. 1 Because we have no original jurisdiction in this matter, we dismiss Gilboy’s petition for a writ of mandamus.

This is also an original action in prohibition seeking to bar the Honorable Roger P. Murphy, who presided at the trial of the Gilboy action, from presiding in…