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Case Information

Filed 2024-06-28
Status Blue brief filed
Type Civil
Docket 24 entries

Docket Entries

  1. Lower Court Assembly of the Record Package
  2. Notice of entry sent.
  3. Notice of appearance filed for Dennis W. Butler, Stephen Kennedy and Lauren Vinitsky by Attorney Edward O'Donnell.
  4. Entry fee waived per order on 2022-J-0612.
  5. Motion to file non-conforming brief, filed for Glenn Hart. (Transferred from 2022-J-0612).
  6. RE#3: Appellant's alternative request for more time to obtain copies of the record documents from the trial court is allowed. Appellate proceedings STAYED to 09/19/2023. Status report due 09/19/2023 from appellant regarding the status of his efforts to obtain copies of the record documents from the trial court. *Notice/attest.
  7. Copy of Status Report (Transferred from 22J0612).
  8. RE#4: Appellant Butler shall include docket number 23-P-740 on future filings, not 22-J-612 which is closed. Appellate proceedings stayed to 11/22/23. Status report due then concerning whether documents requested from the trial court's file have been received. *Notice/attest
  9. Ex Parte motion for sanctions against the defendants, filed for Glenn Hart.
  10. RE#4 (REVISED): Appellant Glenn Hart shall include docket number 23-P-740 on future filings, not 22-J-612 which is closed. Appellate proceedings stayed to 11/22/23. Status report due then concerning whether documents requested from the trial court's file have been received. *Notice/attest.
  11. RE#5: As plaintiff/appellant Glenn Hart states that the reason he is filing this motion ex parte is that he is being denied copies of documents to be filed in civil cases, a copy of the within is sent to the defendants/appellees with notice of this order. A response is requested from the defendants/appellees on or before 11/30/23.
  12. ORDER: Appellee's response to Appellant's motion for sanctions is overdue. A response is to be filed on or before 1/5/24. *Notice.
  13. Notice of appearance filed for Dennis W. Butler, Stephen Kennedy and Lauren Vinitsky by Attorney Scott McLean.
  14. RESPONSE filed for Dennis W. Butler, Stephen Kennedy and Lauren Vinitsky by Attorney Scott McLean.
  15. RE#5 & #8: The Department's response indicates that the OCCC memorandum regarding photocopies cited by the plaintiff contained an error and was withdrawn on 11/7/23. The response also sets forth the procedure for plaintiff to follow to request photocopies. Accordingly, the request for sanctions is denied. The stay of appellate proceedings is vacated. Appellant's brief and appendix is due on or before 2/16/24. (Hershfang, J.) *Notice
  16. Proposed appendix filed for Glenn Hart.
  17. Notice preceding dismissal entered for Glenn Hart. *Notice.
  18. Motion for reconsideration to dismiss the case filed for Glenn Hart.
  19. Appellant brief filed for Glenn Hart
  20. Appendix filed for Glenn Hart
  21. RE#10: The appellant's brief and appendix were accepted for filing on 4/23/24, as the previous copy of the brief was never received by the Court in February. The appellees' brief(s) are now due on or before 5/23/24. *Notice.
  22. MOTION of Appellee to extend brief due date filed for Dennis W. Butler, Stephen Kennedy, Lauren Vinitsky and Superintendent Old Colony Correctional Center by Attorney Scott McLean.
  23. RE#13: Allowed to 06/28/2024. Notice sent.
  24. MOTION of Appellee to extend brief due date filed for Dennis W. Butler, Stephen Kennedy, Lauren Vinitsky and Superintendent Old Colony Correctional Center by Attorney Scott McLean.

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