Millet v. District Court ex rel. County of El Paso

Rhonda L. Millet (Millet) petitions this court pursuant to C.A.R. 21 for emergency relief in the nature of prohibition to prevent the El Paso County District Court (the district court) from retaining jurisdiction over the damages portion of a lawsuit filed by Hattie Myers (Myers) against Millet and two other defendants.1 Millet urges this court to order the district court to change the venue of Myers’ complaint against Millet “for all purposes and regarding all issues.” We issued a rule to show cause and now make that rule absolute.

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In May of 1997, Myers filed a complaint in the district…