State Ex Rel. Schwartz v. Sanchez

OPINION

FRANCHINI, Chief Justice.

1 We were asked to issue a writ of superintending control and a stay to the Respondent, Honorable Ross C. Sanchez, Judge of the Second Judicial District Court, instructing him to vacate his order transferring State v. Bates to the Second Judicial District Court’s de novo calendar. NMSA 1978, § 34-8A-6 (Repl.Pamp.1996) sets forth those actions for which the Metropolitan Court is a court of record, as well as those actions for which the Metropolitan Court is not. We determined that actions involving domestic abuse, as defined in the Family Violence Protection…