Docket No. 82849-1 (from Thurston Case No. 05-2-01439-1)  Facts: Justice Richard Sanders filed suit against the state of Washington in the Superior Court for Thurston County, asserting that the attorney general’s office had inadequately responded to his request for public records relating to the Commission on Judicial Conduct’s investigation of his conduct in office Continue reading →

Docket No. 681-7  Facts:  Paul King was disbarred following a hearing before the Washington State Bar Association’s disciplinary board, which found that King had violated several rules of professional conduct by failing to notify a client that he had been suspended from the practice of law, falsely informing opposing counsel that he was merely taking leave from the case when he had in fact been suspended, continuing to practice law after his suspension, and attempting to obstruct and delay the disciplinary proceedings against him. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82329-4  Facts: Following his conviction for two drug offenses, petitioner Douglas Blackburn was sentenced to community confinement and substance abuse treatment pursuant to the sentencing alternative for first time drug offenders offered by Washington Revised Code §9.94A.660. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83474-1; 83828-3  Facts: Petitioner Cal Brown, a prisoner who had been sentenced to death following his conviction for murder, filed suit against respondent Eldon Vail, the secretary of the Washington Department of Corrections, in the Superior Court for Thurston County, asserting that the lethal injection protocol employed by the state for executions constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the 8^th Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I §14 of the Washington State Constitution insofar as unnecessary pain might be inflicted if the protocol were not carried out properly, Continue reading →

Docket No. 82397-9 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 59534-2)  Facts: After an email allegedly authored by respondent Beth O’Neill that accused members of the Shoreline City Council of improper conduct was discussed at a council meeting, O’Neill requested that she be provided with the email and with all associated metadata Continue reading →

Docket No. 82649-8 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 26683-4)  Facts: Petitioner Mitel Patel was convicted of the attempted second degree rape of a child in the Superior Court for Spokane County after being arrested as a result of a police sting operation in which a police officer posed as a thirteen year old girl and arranged via the internet to meet Patel for sex. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82574-2 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 57810-3)  Facts: Respondent Little Mountain Estates Tenants Association filed suit against petitioner Little Mountain Estates Mobile Home Community, L.L.C. in the Superior Court for Skagit County on behalf of tenants who had assigned their leases, Continue reading →

Docket No. 82431-2 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 25923-4)  Facts: Petitioner James Rivard successfully petitioned the Superior Court for Spokane County for the restoration of his right to possess a firearm, Continue reading →

Docket No. 81650-6 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 25475-5)  Facts: Petitioner Troy Stubbs was convicted of first degree assault in the Superior Court for Pend Oreille County. As the assault had left the victim paralyzed, the trial court imposed an exceptional sentence pursuant to Washington Revised Code §9.94A.535 Continue reading →

Docket No. 82333-2 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 26180-8)  Synopsis: Whether the trial court violated an offender’s due process rights when it ordered him to report to jail and serve a period of incarceration if he failed to pay his legal financial obligations by a certain future date. Continue reading →