OLSEN v. KOPPY

No. 980336.

593 N.W.2d 762 (1999)

1999 ND 87

Walter S. OLSEN, III, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Allen KOPPY, State's Attorney for Morton County, Respondent and Appellee

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

May 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Olsen III, pro se, Bismarck, ND.

Brian D. Grosinger, Assistant State's Attorney, Mandan, ND, for respondent and appellee.


NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Walter S. Olsen III appeals from an order dismissing his request for appointment of a private attorney to initiate criminal prosecutions against his wife and others. We conclude the order is not appealable. We treat Olsen's attempted appeal as a request for a supervisory writ, which we decline to issue.

[¶ 2] In August 1998, Olsen, who was then incarcerated in the North Dakota State Penitentiary, asked the trial court to appoint...

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