S.L. v. 4th Jud. Dist
OP 25-0741
·Original Proceeding ·Criminal ·Closed
Docket
OP 25-0741
Type
Original Proceeding — Supervisory Control
Classification
Criminal
Outcome
Opinion issued denying a writ of supervisory control
Lower court case
DC-25-544
Key dates
Closed
Jan 22, 2026
Appeal filed
Oct 22, 2025
Opinion issued
Jan 6, 2026
Calculated
from the docket dates
Filing date to Opinion
76
Filing date to closed
92
Opinion to closed
15
Tags
Case stayed
Closed
Emergency Mentioned
Opinion issued denying a writ of supervisory control
Parties
Opinion
S.L. v. 4th Jud. Dist, 2026 MT 1Opinion issued denying a writ of supervisory control on January 6, 2026, in a 5 to 0 published opinion.
Events
most recent first
Event - Case Closed
Jan 22, 2026
8:46 AM
Closing Notice
Notice - Outgoing - Opinion Release Notice Issued
Jan 22, 2026
8:41 AM
Notice - Outgoing
Opinion - Opinion and Order - Justice Bidegaray - Petition for Supervisory Control is GRANTED and The District Court's order denying S.L.'s substitution motion is set aside, and this matter is remanded for further proceedings
Jan 6, 2026
2:54 PM
Opinion
Event - Sent to Court-Pleading
Dec 4, 2025
3:57 PM
Event
Petitioner's Summary Reply
Dec 3, 2025
10:19 AM
Other
Order - The Clerk is directed to file the summary reply memorandum attached to the motion
Dec 3, 2025
10:12 AM
Order - Other
Motion - Unopposed - to file Summary Reply Memorandum
Dec 2, 2025
2:49 PM
Motion
Event - Sent to Court-Pleading
Nov 26, 2025
11:07 AM
Event
Judge Larson's Response to Petition for Writ
Nov 26, 2025
10:53 AM
Other
State's Response to Petition for Writ
Nov 26, 2025
10:06 AM
Other
Order - IT IS ORDERED that the Fourth Judicial District Court and the State of Montana, or both, are each granted 30 days from the date of this Order, to prepare, file, and serve a response(s) to the petition for writ of supervisory control. FURTHER ORDERED that the proceedings in the underlying case are STAYED pending this Court's decision on the Petition
Oct 30, 2025
11:20 AM
Order - Other
Event - Sent to Court-Pleading
Oct 28, 2025
3:19 PM
Event
Motion - Unopposed - Stay - Emergency Motion
Oct 28, 2025
12:34 PM
Motion
Event - Original Proceeding Sent to Court
Oct 22, 2025
2:41 PM
Event
Notice - Outgoing - Original Proceeding Filed
Oct 22, 2025
2:39 PM
Notice - Outgoing
Petition - Writ - Supervisory Control
Oct 22, 2025
2:29 PM
Petition