State Ex Rel. Hatcher v. Lake Superior Court, Room Three

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Relators apply for a Writ of Mandamus and Prohibition for the purpose of having this Court direct Respondent to grant Rela-tors' Motion For Change of Venue From The County.

On July 11, 1986, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against Relators in the Lake Superior Court pursuant to Ind.Code § 86-4-4-5 (Burns 1981). Plaintiffs are the Gary City Court and Charles Graddick, Judge of the Gary City Court. Plaintiffs alleged in their lawsuit that Relator, Richard Gordon Hatcher, Mayor of the City of Gary, follows the practice of reviewing the budget proposed by Judge Graddick for the Gary…