Faherty v. Knize

OPINION

MEANS, Justice.

Relator, Michael Faherty, is before this Court requesting a writ of prohibition against the Honorable Gene Knize, Judge of the 40th Judicial District Court, Ellis County. Judge Knize has imposed severe, though not necessarily undue monetary sanctions against Relator for misrepresentations made by Relator during pretrial discovery and trial testimony. Upon Relator’s failure to satisfy those sanctions, Judge Knize ordered Relator to appear and show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court. Relator’s Application for Writ of Prohibition requests that we command…