Complex sentence: The defendant, County Clerk Smith, filed a notice of appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on January 16 and asked the Court to expedite the appeals process and hear the case along with a similar Utah case, "Kitchen v. Herbert".
Split into simpler sentences: The defendant, County Clerk Smith, filed a notice of appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on January 16. She asked the Court to expedite the appeals process so that the court can hear the case along with a similar Utah case, "Kitchen v. Herbert".