Lockhart v. Thirty-Sixth District Court Judge

Defendant, 36th District Court Judge John Cozart, appeals as of right from a circuit court order granting a writ of superintending control. The writ instructed Judge Cozart, inter alia, to accommodate attorneys and litigants whose matters have been scheduled simultaneously in different courtrooms in the real estate division of the 36th District Court. We affirm.

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Steve Lockhart, an attorney for the United Community Housing Coalition, brought the action. He alleged that on December 20, 1990, another attorney approached him to adjourn the hearing on a motion to set aside a default judgment…