Navajo Nation v. MacDonald

OPINION

Opinion delivered by

TSO, Chief Justice.

The matters before the Court are an appeal, application for a writ of prohibition, and motion for emergency setting of appeal. The Navajo Nation opposes both the appeal and the application for a writ of prohibition.

The essence of both the appeal and the application for a writ of prohibition is the contention of four criminal defense attorneys, F.D. Moeller, Val R. Jolley, Randall S. Roberts, and William J. Cooley (petitioners) that the district court's refusal to permit them to withdraw as counsels for Peter MacDonald Sr. denies them due process…