Young v. Patterson

DURHAM, Justice:

This is a petition for an extraordinary writ. Petitioner Larry Patterson has asked this court to determine the proper scope of an *1281order for review of an affidavit of bias or prejudice under rule 63 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. He filed such an affidavit respecting Sixth District Court Judge K.L. Mclff and now asks this court to prohibit what he characterizes as “improper comment” on the merits of the affidavit in Judge Mclff s order of referral.

The pertinent facts are as follows: Patterson filed an affidavit of prejudice in companion cases assigned to Judge Mclff. At…