Court Opinion

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Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-07 00:05:16.478401+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:18:54.243559
License: Public Domain

02/06/2024

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     Pamela D. Bucy                                                                Case Number: PR 24-0076

2    Chief Disciplinary Counsel
     P.O. Box 1099
3    Helena, MT 59624-1099
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     Tel: (406) 442-1648
     pbucy@montanaodc.org
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     Office of Disciplinary Counsel
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                      BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON PRACTICE OF THE

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                       SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

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     IN THE MATTER OF JODY W. PALMER, ) Supreme Court Cause No. PR 24-
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     An Inactive Attorney,            ) ODC File Nos. 21-198
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14   Respondent.                      ) CITATION TO APPEAR IN
                                      ) ANSWER TO COMPLAINT OF
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                                      ) COUNSEL
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     TO: JODY W. PALMER, Respondent, Greetings:
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             YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Office of Disciplinary Counsel for
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     the State of Montana has filed with the Supreme Court of the State of Montana its
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     Formal Complaint against you pursuant to Rule 12 of the Montana Rules for Lawyer
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     Disciplinary Enforcement (2021) (“MRLDE”), a copy of which Complaint is
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     attached hereto.
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             Members of the federal bar are advised to comply with the Local Rules of
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     Procedure for the U.S. District Court (Montana), Rule 83.2(d)(2), Reciprocal
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     Discipline – Duty to Notify of Pending Disciplinary Actions. If you are a member of

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1    another jurisdiction with the same or similar requirement, you are required to comply
2    with those rules.
3            YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to make and file with the Clerk of this
4    Court your written answer to said Complaint within twenty-one (21) days from the
5    date of service upon you of this Citation and a copy of said Complaint pursuant to
6    Rule 12, MRLDE.
7            Any procedural motions, for example, a Motion for Extension of Time within
8    which to Answer the Complaint, filed by you or by your Counsel prior to the filing
9    of the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations of the Commission on Practice,
10   shall be addressed to and filed with Shelly Smith, Commission on Practice, P.O. Box
11   203005, Helena, MT 59620-3005, shellysmith@mt.gov, and served upon the Office
12   of Disciplinary Counsel, P.O. Box 1099, Helena, MT                       59624-1099,
13   sstreib@montanaodc.org, as provided by Rule 12, MRLDE.
14           In the event of your failure to file an answer within the time prescribed, you
15   will be held and deemed in default as provided by Rule 12C(2), MRLDE.
16           WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court this _____ day of February 2024.
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     (COURT SEAL)                                         BOWEN GREENWOOD
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