MATTER OF WARE

No. 50285-2-II (Consolidated with: No. 50877-0-II.

420 P.3d 1083 (2018)

In the MATTER OF the Petition of Barnes Michael WARE to Convene a Grand Jury. In the Matter of the Application of Erika Johnson for a Citizen's Complaint.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Filed June 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Phillip Karp , Animal Law Offices of Adam P. Karp, 114 W Magnolia St. Ste. 400-104, Bellingham, WA, 98225-4354, for Appellant/s.

Pamela Beth Loginsky , Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorney, 206 10th Ave. Se, Olympia, WA, 98501-1311, Jonathan L. Meyer , J. Bradley Meagher , Lewis County Prosecuting Attorney, 345 W Main St. Fl. 2, Chehalis, WA, 98532-4802, for Respondent/s.

Rob Roy Smith , Rachel Brittany Saimons , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 1420 5th Ave. Ste. 3700, Seattle, WA, 98101-4089, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Animal Legal Defense Fund.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 Following the Lewis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office's decision to not file charges in an animal abuse case, two private citizens separately sought to independently initiate criminal charges. In the first case, Erika Johnson filed a petition in district court, requesting authorization to file...

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