Opinion ID: 888176
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Heading: Initial State Court Action

Text: ¶ 6 When he did not receive a notice of disposition from the Department of Administration, Hawkes filed an action on July 26, 2004, in Montana's Third Judicial District Court, Cause No. DV-04-52. Hawkes named the Montana Department of Corrections (Corrections) and claimed destruction of his personal property. Then, on August 14, 2006, Hawkes filed a motion to dismiss DV-04-52 without prejudice, claiming his case would be better managed by a Federal Court. The District Court granted Hawkes' motion on August 27, 2006. Subsequent to the disposition of his federal case, discussed below, Hawkes filed a motion to re-open DV-04-52, which the District Court denied.