State ex rel. Welfare Division v. Eighth Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

This is a petition by the State of Nevada on the relation of the Welfare Division of the Nevada State Department of Health, Welfare and Rehabilitation for (1) a writ of prohibition enjoining the Honorable Thomas J. O’Donnell, Presiding Judge of Department No. 4 of the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, from hearing an adoption proceeding pending in his court, on the grounds that the judge is biased and prejudiced; and (2) a writ of mandamus commanding Judge O’Donnell to disqualify himself and assign the case to another judge.

On May 22, 1969,…