Title: CARLOS FINCH V. CINDY POMEROY, Director, and the DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT

State: wyoming

Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court

Document:

CARLOS FINCH V. CINDY POMEROY, Director, and the DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT2006 WY 24130 P.3d 437Case Number: 05-183Decided: 03/10/2006
OCTOBER TERM, A.D. 2005

 
 
CARLOS 
FINCH,

 
 
Appellant

(Plaintiff),

 
 
v.

 
 
CINDY POMEROY, Director, and 
the

DEPARTMENT OF 
EMPLOYMENT,

 
 
Appellees

(Defendants).

 
 

 
 
Representing 
Appellant:

Carlos 
Finch, pro se.

 
 
Representing 
Appellees:

Patrick J. 
Crank, Attorney General; John W. Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; John 
Rossetti, Senior Assistant Attorney General.           
            
            

Before HILL, C.J., and 
GOLDEN, KITE, VOIGT, and BURKE, JJ.

 
 
BURKE, 
Justice.

 
 
[¶1]      Carlos Finch, pro se, appeals from the district 
court's order granting the defendants' motion to dismiss his complaint. In his 
complaint, Mr. Finch stated his causes of action as follows:  

 
 
COMPLAINT FOR INTENTIONAL 
INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND/OR NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL 
DISTRESS, TRESPASS TO CHATTEL, AND/OR CONVERSION, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, 42 USC 
1983, INTERFERING WITH FEDERAL PROTECTED ACTIVITY  RIGHT TO PRESENT EVIDENCE  
RIGHT TO PETITION THE COURTS  DUE PROCESS CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1870, CIVIL 
RIGHTS ACT OF 1871.

 
 
[¶2]      In response, the 
appellees raise a preliminary issue relating to Mr. Finch's failure to comply 
with the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure and request that we exercise our 
discretion pursuant to W.R.A.P. 1.03 and either refuse to consider Mr. Finch's 
contentions or dismiss his appeal.  
Appellees identify the following instances of 
noncompliance:

 
 
Finch's Notice of Appeal 
does not comply with the requirements of Wyo. R. App. P. 2.07.  Finch's Notice of Appeal misnames the 
Wyoming Supreme Court as the Court of Appeals for the State of Wyoming.  The Notice of Appeal does not contain 
all pleadings that assert a claim for relief in the appendix as required by the 
rule.

 
 
            
Finch's brief does not comply with the requirements of Wyo. R. App. P. 
7.01 as follows:

 
 
1.      The title page 
does not identify the party filing the brief as required by Wyo. R. App. P. 
7.01(a)(2).

 
 
2.      The title page 
does not identify the name, address and telephone number of the attorney or pro 
se party preparing the brief as required by Wyo. R. App. P. 
7.01(a)(3).

 
 
3.      A table of 
contents, with page references is not present as required by Wyo. R. App. P. 
7.01(b).

 
 
4.      A table of cases 
alphabetically arranged (in one list or by jurisdiction), statutes and other 
authorities cited, with reference to pages where they appear is not present as 
required by Wyo. R. App. P. 7.01(c).

 
 
5.      A statement of 
the issues presented for review is not present as required by Wyo. R. App. P. 
7.01(d).

 
 
6.      A statement of 
the case including the nature of the case, the course of proceedings, and the 
disposition in the trial court is not present as required by Wyo. R. App. P. 
7.01(e)(2).

 
 
7.      A statement of 
the facts relevant to the issues presented for review with appropriate 
references to documents listed in the index of the transmitted record is not 
present as required by Wyo. R. App. P. 7.01(f)(1).

 
 
8.      The argument is 
not cogent and does not contain proper citations to authority, statutes and 
parts of the record relied on as required by Wyo. R. App. P. 
7.01(f)(1).

 
 
9.      The argument does 
not set forth a concise statement of the applicable standard of review for each 
issue as required by Wyo. R. App. P. 7.01(j).

 
 
10.    No appendix is attached 
containing a copy of the judgment or final order appealed from as required by 
Wyo. R. App. P. 7.01(j).

 
 
11.    No appendix is attached 
containing the statement of costs required by Wyo. R. App. [P.] 10.01 as 
required by Wyo. R. App. P. 7.01(j).

 
 
We agree that Mr. Finch 
has failed to comply with the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure as identified 
by the appellees.  

 
 
[¶3]      Appeals to this 
Court are governed by the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure.  W.R.A.P. 1.02.  A party's failure to comply with the 
appellate rules "is ground . . . for such action as the appellate court deems 
appropriate, including but not limited to:  
refusal to consider the offending party's contentions; assessment of 
costs; dismissal; and affirmance."  
W.R.A.P. 1.03; Nathan v. American 
Global University, 2005 WY 64, ¶ 4, 113 P.3d 32, 33 (Wyo. 
2005).

 
 
[¶4]      Pursuant to 
W.R.A.P. 1.03, we summarily affirm the district court's order dismissing Mr. 
Finch's complaint.