In the Interest of P.M., Minor Child

How courts have described this case

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• stating that district courts have discretion to adopt local rules, which have the “force of law”
• explaining that another requirement for obtaining a writ of mandamus is a showing that the petitioner has “no other means . . . to attain the relief he desires”
• noting that a court’s failure to comply with neutral rules and principles can “compromise the orderly, decorous, rational traditions that courts rely upon to ensure the integrity of their own judgments”
• noting that a court’s failure to comply with neutral rules and principles can “compromise the orderly, decorous, rational traditions that courts rely upon to ensure the integrity of their own judgments”
• explaining that \a departure from local rules . . . is 13 justified only if the effect is so slight and unimportant that the 14 sensible treatment is to overlook [it].\
• noting that local rules generally reflect the court’s traditional case management authority

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).