*long-suffering sigh*
Mar. 21st, 2011 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
muck_a_luckNot that anyone will be shocked...
So
1. Some under-trained, low-level clerk dismissed a case for lack of service.
2. Boss had to waste time actually drafting a motion, with case citations, about how his case should not have been dismissed for lack of service, since there was in fact documented service (which anyone could read from the court's public website, btw.)
3. DC charges for every motion. Including this one. I think it cost us $45 to send it to the court for consideration.
4. The hearing on March 18 was cancelled. It could not be revivied, despite the fact that Boss submitted his motion on March 2.
5. Boss's March 2 motion has still not been decided by a judge. This case is still closed for the moment on the grounds of no service.
Yes. It's kind of sad that no one is shocked when I tell them this story. And even I, who actually see conspiracies nowhere (mostly becuase conspiracies require a level of secrecy and competence that most government agencies can't POSSIBLY hope to achieve), do wonder if it is a new business model of teh DC court to randomly close one out of every six cases for lack of service as a way of generating revenue. Remember, this is the second case in which we have participated in the last year that was incorrectly closed for this reason. Boss points out that it is probably (also) cheaper for the court to just not train people and deal with their screwups after the fact - though I don't know if that is true, as the judges probably get pretty annoyed with having to *actually* review a file to see that service was performed. I know they must have better things to do than waste their time on that kind of crap. It probably negates my conspiracy theory, too. I don't think the judges would put up with it.
So
1. Some under-trained, low-level clerk dismissed a case for lack of service.
2. Boss had to waste time actually drafting a motion, with case citations, about how his case should not have been dismissed for lack of service, since there was in fact documented service (which anyone could read from the court's public website, btw.)
3. DC charges for every motion. Including this one. I think it cost us $45 to send it to the court for consideration.
4. The hearing on March 18 was cancelled. It could not be revivied, despite the fact that Boss submitted his motion on March 2.
5. Boss's March 2 motion has still not been decided by a judge. This case is still closed for the moment on the grounds of no service.
Yes. It's kind of sad that no one is shocked when I tell them this story. And even I, who actually see conspiracies nowhere (mostly becuase conspiracies require a level of secrecy and competence that most government agencies can't POSSIBLY hope to achieve), do wonder if it is a new business model of teh DC court to randomly close one out of every six cases for lack of service as a way of generating revenue. Remember, this is the second case in which we have participated in the last year that was incorrectly closed for this reason. Boss points out that it is probably (also) cheaper for the court to just not train people and deal with their screwups after the fact - though I don't know if that is true, as the judges probably get pretty annoyed with having to *actually* review a file to see that service was performed. I know they must have better things to do than waste their time on that kind of crap. It probably negates my conspiracy theory, too. I don't think the judges would put up with it.
