LOZANO v. CIRCUIT COURT OF SIXTH JUD. DIST.

S-19-0121.

460 P.3d 721 (2020)

2020 WY 44

Diane LOZANO, State Public Defender, Petitioner, v. The CIRCUIT COURT OF the SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT and Honorable Paul S. Phillips, Circuit Court Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Petitioner: Bridget Hill , Wyoming Attorney General; Michael J. McGrady , Deputy Attorney General, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. McGrady.

Representing Respondents: Hampton K. O'Neill , John A. Masterson , and Alaina M. Stedillie of Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C., Casper, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. O'Neill.

Before DAVIS, C.J., and FOX, KAUTZ, BOOMGAARDEN, and GRAY, JJ.


[¶1] In May 2019, State Public Defender Diane Lozano notified the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial District that until further notice, the public defender was not available to take appointments to represent misdemeanor defendants due to an excessive caseload and shortage of attorneys in its Campbell County office. Shortly...

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