J-16-0001: Case View

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Case Number:	J-16-0001	Case Docketed On:	02/29/2016
Status:	Closed
Original Court:	Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics	Case Type:	Professional Regulation - Judge/Justice - Discipline-Other
Short Title:	AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE HONORABLE RUTH NEELY, MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE AND CIRCUIT COURT MAGISTRATE, NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, PINEDALE, SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING JUDGE RUTH NEELY v. WYOMING COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND ETHICS.
Full Title:	AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE HONORABLE RUTH NEELY, MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE AND CIRCUIT COURT MAGISTRATE, NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, PINEDALE, SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING JUDGE RUTH NEELY (Petitioner), v. WYOMING COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND ETHICS (Respondent).

- Party Information

Role	Party Name	Attorney(s)
Petitioner	Ruth Neely	Herbert K. Doby Kenneth John Connelly Douglas Gary Wardlow James Andrew Campbell
Respondent	Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics	Patrick Dixon Timothy K. Newcomb Britney Faryn Betts
Other Particpants
Amicus curiae	Town of Pinedale	William H. Twichell
Amicus curiae	Sutherland Institute Center for Family & Society	William H. Twichell

- Case Decision Information
Issues:	Attorney Discipline, Other
Opinion Number:	2017 WY 25
Citation:	390 P.3d 728 (Wyo. 2017)

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Filing Date	Document Description	Docket Entry Type	Docket Entry Subtype	Status
02/29/2016	Event - Docketed and indexed	Event	Docketed and indexed	Final
02/29/2016	Report and Recommendation - Judicial	Report and Recommendation	Judicial	Final
02/29/2016	Affidavit - Attorney fees and costs	Affidavit	Attorney fees and costs	Final
02/29/2016	Record - Transcript of evidence and proceedings - Judicial or Bar	Record	Transcript of evidence and proceedings - Judicial or Bar	Final
02/29/2016	Record - Certificate of Record (Index)	Record	Other	Final
03/04/2016	Notice-Incoming - Entry of appearance by Herbert K. Doby obo Petitioner	Notice-Incoming	Entry of appearance	Final
03/04/2016	Motion - Admission pro hac vice on behalf of James A. Campbell; Kenneth J. Connelly, and Douglas G. Wardlow to appear on behalf of Petitioner	Motion	Admission pro hac vice	Final
03/04/2016	Motion - Extension of time - brief and petition	Motion	Extension of time - brief	Final
03/04/2016	Order - Pro hac vice - allow	Order	Pro hac vice - allow	Final
03/04/2016	Order - Grant - extension of time (30 days)	Order	Grant - extension of time	Final
03/21/2016	Event - Phone Call from Executive Director re filing of motion, Court has not received the motion yet.	Event	Phone Call	Final
03/21/2016	Motion - Other - The Honorable Ruth Neely's Motion for Order Regarding Confidentiality; and received proposed order	Motion	Other	Final
03/21/2016	Memorandum - In support of motion - Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of the Honorable Ruth Neely's Motion for Order Regarding Confidentiality	Memorandum	In support of motion	Final
03/21/2016	Event - Phone Call to Wendy Soto advising that the pleadings were received and filed today.	Event	Phone Call	Final
03/24/2016	Notice-Incoming - Entry of appearance by Timothy Newcomb obo Respondent	Notice-Incoming	Entry of appearance	Final
03/31/2016	Response/Objection - Other - CJCE's Response to the Honorable Ruth Neely's Motion for Order Regarding Confidentiality	Response/Objection	Other	Final
04/06/2016	Order - Granting Motion Regarding Confidentiality	Order	Grant	Final
04/29/2016	Petition - Objecting to the Commission's Recommendation	Petition	Other	Final
04/29/2016	Brief - Petitioner in Support of Verified Petition Objecting to the Commission's Recommendation	Brief	Petitioner	Final
05/06/2016	Motion - Extension of time - Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics' Motion for Enlargement of Time for Briefing	Motion	Extension of time - brief	Final
05/06/2016	Order - Grant - extension of time to file Respondent's brief	Order	Grant - extension of time	Final
05/09/2016	Motion - Amicus - leave to participate by Frederick Douglass Foundation, The National Hispanic Leadership Conference, The National Black Church Initiative, The Coalition of African American Pastors USA, The National Black Religious Broadcasters, Alveda King Ministries, The Restoration Project, The Radiance Foundation, Urban Family Communications, Church of God in Christ World Missions, Stand, Freedom's Journal Institute for the Study of Faith and Public Policy, Ryan T. Anderson, and Sherif Girgis for Leave to File Amicus Brief in Support of the Honorable Ruth Neely's Petition Objecting to the Commission's Recommendation and proposed brief	Motion	Amicus - leave to participate	Final
05/09/2016	Motion - Amicus - leave to participate by State Senators Paul Barnard and Curt Meier and Current and Former Wyoming State Representatives Jim Blackburn, Robert A. Brechtel, Donald Burkhart, Jr., Scott Clem, Amy Edmonds, Harlan Edmonds, Roy Edwards, Gerald Gay, Marti Halverson, Lynn Hutchings, Mark Jennings, Kendell Kroeker, Dan Laursen, Tyler Lindholm, Bunky Loucks, Troy Mader, Robert McKim, David Miller, David Northrup, Gary Piiparinen, Bill Pownall, Tom Reeder, Mark Semlek, Cheri Steinmetz, Stephen Watt, Sue Wilson, and Nathan Winters, and Professor Gerard V. Bradley for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief in Support of the Honorable Ruth Neely's Petition Objecting to the Commission's Recommendation and proposed brief	Motion	Amicus - leave to participate	Final
05/09/2016	Motion - Amicus - leave to File Amici Curiae Brief of Concerned Scholars and Judges, et al. in Support of the Honorable Ruth Neely and proposed brief	Motion	Amicus - leave to participate	Final
05/09/2016	Motion - Amicus - leave to participate by Mayor and Town Council members of the Town of Pinedale and Sutherland Institute Center for Family & Society in Support of the Honorable Ruth Neely's Petition Objecting to the Commission's Recommendation and proposed brief	Motion	Amicus - leave to participate	Final
05/10/2016	Motion - Amicus - leave to participate - Motion of Amicus The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty to File Amicus Brief in Support of the Honorable Ruth Neely's Petition Objecting to the Commission's Recommendation; and received proposed Amicus Brief	Motion	Amicus - leave to participate	Final
05/10/2016	Motion - Amicus - leave to participate - Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief of Churches and Religious Organizations in Support of the Honorable Ruth Neely's Verified Petition Objecting to the Commission's Recommendation and proposed brief	Motion	Amicus - leave to participate	Final
05/13/2016	Notice-Incoming - Request to include Representatives Larsen and Jaggi on motion and proposed brief filed by current and former legislators	Notice-Incoming	Other	Final
06/09/2016	Order - on Motions for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Briefs and Representatives Larsen's and Jaggi's Request to be included as Additional Amici	Order	Other	Final
06/09/2016	Brief - Amicus Curiae Mayor and Town Council Members of the Town of Pinedale and Sutherland Institute Center for Family & Society in Support of the Honorable Ruth Neely	Brief	Amicus curiae	Final
06/15/2016	Brief - Respondent	Brief	Respondent	Final
06/24/2016	Motion - Extension of time - reply brief and received proposed order	Motion	Extension of time - brief	Final
06/24/2016	Order Granting Petitioner's Request for Extension to File Reply Brief	Order	Grant - extension of time	Final
07/07/2016	Order - Oral argument scheduled	Order	Oral argument scheduled	Final
07/08/2016	Brief - Petitioner reply - The Honorable Ruth Neely's Reply Brief in Support of Verified Petition Objecting to the Commission's Recommendation	Brief	Petitioner reply	Final
07/19/2016	Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from Pat Dixon obo Respondent	Notice-Incoming	Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting	Final
07/21/2016	Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from Britney F. Turner obo Respondent	Notice-Incoming	Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting	Final
07/26/2016	Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from James A. Campbell obo Petitioner	Notice-Incoming	Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting	Final
08/17/2016	Notice-Internal - Oral argument notice, argued before Chief Justice Burke, Justices Hill, Davis, Fox and Kautz; (James A. Campbell, Kenneth J. Connelly, Douglas G. Wardlow, Herbert K. Doby, argument by Mr. Campbell, obo Petitioner; Patrick Dixon, Britney F. Turner, argument by Mr. Dixon, obo Respondent) and taken under advisement	Notice-Internal	Oral argument notice	Final
03/07/2017	Opinion - Opinion and journal order, agreeing in part with the Wyo. Commission on Judicial Conduct's and Ethics' recommendation with Justice Fox writing for the Court. Justice Kautz filing a dissent, in which Justice Davis joins.	Opinion	Opinion and journal order	Final
03/23/2017	Notice-Outgoing - Mandate	Notice-Outgoing	Mandate	Final
03/23/2017	Record - Record returned to agency	Record	Record returned to agency	Final
03/23/2017	Notice-Outgoing - Record return letter	Notice-Outgoing	Record return letter	Final
03/23/2017	Event - Case closed	Event	Case closed	Final
05/12/2017	Notice-Incoming - U.S. Supreme Court - letter from Clerk of the Supreme Court advising the time to file writ of certiorari was extended to 8/4/17.	Notice-Incoming	U.S. Supreme Court	Final
08/07/2017	Notice-Incoming - U.S. Supreme Court - letter advising that Petition for Writ of Certiorari was filed 8/4/17 as case no. 17-195	Notice-Incoming	U.S. Supreme Court	Final
01/16/2018	Notice-Incoming - U.S. Supreme Court - Petition for writ of certiorari denied	Notice-Incoming	U.S. Supreme Court	Final