STATE EX REL. AREA 25 TRIAL OFFICE, and, MISSOURI STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Relators-Appellants v. HONORABLE KENNETH G. CLAYTON, ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE, Respondent-Respondent

STATE EX REL. AREA 25 TRIAL ) OFFICE, and, MISSOURI STATE ) PUBLIC DEFENDER, ) ) Relators-Appellants, ) ) v. ) No. SD37064 ) HONORABLE KENNETH G. ) Filed: August 3, 2021 CLAYTON, ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT ) JUDGE, ) ) Respondent-Respondent. ) ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION PRELIMINARY WRIT OF PROHIBITION MADE PERMANENT The Missouri State Public Defender and its Area 25 Trial Office (“Relators”) seek a permanent writ of prohibition against the Honorable Kenneth G. Clayton, Associate Circuit Judge of the 25th Judicial Circuit (“Respondent”) to prevent Respondent from enforcing an order (“the…