Opinion ID: 1870865
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Keeping the court file in the Circuit Court Judge's Office

Text: Davis apparently asserts that the circuit court was manipulating the record to favor Williamson. The record provides: MR. WATSON Judge, would the Court consider the possibility of awarding some interim attorney's fees or attorney's fees pending the outcome of the case. I think, actually there's a motion pending for those attorney's fees. I don't know that the Court has actually ruled on that. THE COURT I haven't seen it and the file's incomplete because I've had the file for a couple of months now and probably the clerk's office is really mad at me, so I've not seen it. But Mr. Tull, do you have anything to add? There is nothing in the above quote to show a motive to keep documents and pleadings out of the file so it can be manipulated in Williamson's favor. This court finds no merit to Davis's claim of bias in the case in chief. Furthermore, we are not convinced that the evidence of alleged bias in the case in chief was relevant to the question of whether the circuit court abused its discretion in denying the motion for attorney's fees.