IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA 

STATE OF INDIANA                                  )           Supreme Court No. 02S00-0311-SJ-491

                                                                        )

vs.                                                                   )    

                                                                        )           Case No. 02D04-0006-CF-300

DELMAS SEXTON, II                                )           in the Allen Superior Court

ORDER REMANDING JURISDICTION TO TRIAL COURT

      Comes now the Clerk of the Allen Superior Court, and pursuant to Ind.Trial Rule 53.1, certifies this matter here for the appointment of a special judge.

      And this Court, being duly advised, now finds that, jurisdiction of this matter should be remanded to the Allen Superior Court and Judge Kenneth R. Scheibenberger. Ind.Trial R. 53.1(B)(4) specifically states that the rule is not applicable when the ruling in question involves a petition for post-conviction relief.

      IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that jurisdiction of this matter should be remanded to the Allen Superior Court and Judge Kenneth R. Scheibenberger.

      The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward notice of this Order to the Hon. Kenneth R. Scheibenberger, Allen Superior Court, 715 South Calhoun Street, #305, Fort Wayne, IN 46802-1805, and to the Clerk of the Allen Superior Court.

      The Clerk of the Allen Superior Court is directed to forward notice of this Order to all parties of record in the case below.

DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana, this _______ day of November, 2003.

                                                                                                ________________________

                                                                                                Randall T. Shepard

                                                                                                Chief Justice of Indiana