Wahl v. Moses

WOLLMAN, Justice.

This original action is before us pursuant to a writ of certiorari issued by us on July 22, 1983. Applicants, members of the Board of County Commissioners of Butte County (Commissioners), ask that an order of June 24, 1983, issued by respondent, the Honorable Scott C. Moses, Presiding Judge, Eighth Judicial Circuit, be set aside. We grant the relief requested.

On the basis of a report from the Board of Charities and Corrections, then Presiding Judge Leslie R. Hersrud ordered a temporary closure of the Butte County Jail on June 18, 1980. Following a hearing, Judge Hersrud…