{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"state-of-missouri-ex-rel-rudy-tapia-and-douglas-rogers-relators","displayName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, ex rel. RUDY TAPIA and DOUGLAS ROGERS, Relators","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38681:2025-04-11","opinionId":"3b31b751-5a34-504d-a791-cf736adfdc1e","slug":"state-of-missouri-ex-rel-rudy-tapia-and-douglas-rogers-relators-v-the-hon-d38681","caseName":"STATE OF MISSOURI, ex rel. RUDY TAPIA and DOUGLAS ROGERS, Relators\nv.\nTHE HONORABLE DEREK ANKROM, Judge of the Thirty-First Judicial Circuit, Greene County, Missouri, Respondent","caseNumber":"SD38681","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2025-04-11","year":2025,"display_summary":"Relators Rudy Tapia and Douglas Rogers sought a writ of prohibition to prevent the Respondent Judge from taking further action in their case, except to order a change of judge. The underlying case was initially filed in an improper venue, Miller County, and subsequently transferred to Greene County. After the transfer and designation of a new judge, Relators filed an application for a change of judge, which the Respondent Judge denied. The appellate court made the preliminary writ of prohibition permanent, holding that the Respondent Judge erred in denying the change of judge application because it was timely and not barred by Rules 51.02 or 51.06.","primaryTopic":"civil-procedure","topicSlugs":["civil-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"transferred","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=219613","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/state-of-missouri-ex-rel-rudy-tapia-and-douglas-rogers-relators-v-the-hon-d38681","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}