In re the Appointment of the Tuba City District Prosecutor

This matter comes on appeal from an order entered June 17, 1977, by Robert Walters, Tuba City District Judge, commanding Raymond Tso, Acting Chief Prosecutor, to assume the duties of the Tuba City District Prosecutor for thirty days for the purpose of orienting and training the newly appointed prosecutor for that district, Mr. Joe Ray, Jr.

This order was in fact the second order entered in that case. The first order, issued May 9, 1977, held Tso in contempt of court for failing to appoint a district prosecutor for over six months.

This order had also been the subject of an appeal, which was…