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STATE EX REL. HOPKINS v. SCHENCK

SC S38693.

836 P.2d 721 (1992)

313 Or. 529

STATE ex rel. Karen HOPKINS, Plaintiff-Relator, v. Ronald D. SCHENCK, Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Union County, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided July 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Anderson, La Grande, argued the cause and filed the briefs for plaintiff-relator.

Michael D. Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for defendant. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before PETERSON, P.J., and GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN, FADELEY, UNIS and GRABER, JJ.

GRABER, Justice.

The question in this mandamus proceeding is whether the defendant judge must vacate his order denying relator's motion to disqualify him from presiding in two pending juvenile cases and, if so, whether he must grant the motion. We conclude that he must vacate his order and that he must immediately grant relator's motion. We direct that a writ issue accordingly.

In 1989, relator pleaded guilty to charges, involving one of her two children,...

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