Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-21 01:07:59.080419+00
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ORIGINAL                                       02/20/2024

              IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                       Case Number: PR 24-0001

                                        PR 24-0001

 STATE OF MONTANA,

             Plaintiff,

       vs.                                                         ORDER

 LEROY FRANCIS TOUPE,                                                            FILED
             Defendant.                                                           FEB 2 0 2024
                                                                                Bowen Greenwood
                                                                              Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                                 State of Montane

       On January 31, 2024, the Montana Department of Health and Human Services
(DPHHS), via counsel, filed a Motion for Disqualification for Cause, an affidavit in support,
and supplemental exhibits, seeking to disqualify the Honorable Deborah Kim Christopher
from presiding in Cause No. DC-24-2023-0000168-IN in the Twentieth Judicial District
Court, Lake County, pursuant to § 3-1-805, MCA.
       It has come to this Court's attention that Judge Christopher has recused herself from
this case.
       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion to disqualify Judge Christopher is
DENIED as MOOT.
       The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record in Cause
No. DC-24-2023-0000168-IN, and the Honorable Deborah Kim Christopher.

       DATED thide ll day of February, 2024.

                                                              Chief Justice