WATERS v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 96SA372.

935 P.2d 981 (1997)

Doris A. WATERS, Petitioner, v. THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, State Of Colorado; and The Honorable John J. Vigil, one of the Judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Pickard & Associates, P.C. Doris A. Waters, Denver, Pro Se.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, Maurice G. Knaizer, Deputy Attorney General, Elizabeth A. Weishaupl, Assistant Attorney General, State Services Section, Denver, for Respondents.


Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Doris A. Waters, Esq. (Waters), filed this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21 seeking a writ of mandamus compelling the respondent trial court (respondent court), the Honorable John J. Vigil, to authorize and order payment of certain attorney fees and costs to Waters. Waters seeks these funds to compensate her for her work as court-appointed counsel in a dependency and neglect proceeding...

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