01/14/2025

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: OP 24-0630

OP 24-0630 FILED KRIS HAWKINS, JAN 14 2025 Petitioner, Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Supreme Court nf Mnntana v. ORDER MONTANA TWENTY FIRST DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY, HONORABLE HOWARD RECHT, presiding, Respondent.

Kris Hawkins has petitioned this Court for writ of mandamus to compel Hon. Howard Recht, presiding Judge in Cause No. DV-41-2024-0000090-NC, in the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, to stay the proceedings and submit Hawkins' motion to disqualify Judge Recht to this Court for further proceedings pursuant to § 3-1-805, MCA.

It has come to this Court's attention that Judge Recht is no longer presiding over this matter and Hon. Kaydee Snipes-Ruiz has assumed jurisdiction over this case.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Hawkins' petition for writ of mandamus is DENIED as MOOT.

The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to the Clerk of the District Court of Ravalli County for notification to all parties in Cause No. DV-41-2024-0000090-NC, and to the Honorable Howard Recht.

LYN-, Dated this I -ay of January, 2025.

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