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ORIGINAL                                    02/20/2024

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                              Case Number: OP 24-0060

                                        OP 24-0060

 DAVID E. ORR,
                                                                                     FILED
                                                                                      FEB 2 0 2024
              Petitioner,                                                          Bowen Greenwood
                                                                                 Clerk of Supreme
                                                                                                  Court
                                                                                    State of Montana

       v.
                                                                     ORDER
 NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT,
 LINCOLN COUNTY, HON. MATTHEW J.
 CUFFE, Presiding.

              Respondent.

       David E. Orr has filed an "Emergency Petition for Writ of Supervisory Control"
over the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Lincoln County, requesting "reversal of
wrongful transfer of property" in a civil matter of which Orr provides that he has an appeal.
We amend the caption to correct the District Court's title.
       Supervisory control may be appropriate on a case-by-case basis.                 "This
extraordinary remedy can be invoked when the case involves purely legal questions and
urgent or emergency factors make the normal appeal process inadequate." State v. Spady,
2015 MT 218, ¶ 11, 380 Mont. 179, 354 P.3d 590 (citing M. R. App. P. 14(3); Redding v.
McCarter, 2012 MT 144, ¶ 17, 365 Mont. 316, 281 P.3d 189).
       Supervisory control is not appropriate here. Orr has an appeal of the District Court's
quiet title decision pending with this Court. Orr v. House, No. DA 23-0699. His instant
writ is a somewhat modified version of his filed, opening brief. The writ is over-length at
10,000 words, pursuant to M. R. App. P. 14(5), and it is inappropriate because of the
pending appeal. M. R. App. P. 14(3). Orr's appeal is his remedy. Therefore,
       IT IS ORDERED that Orr's Emergency Petition for Writ of Supervisory Control is
DENIED and DISMISSED.
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter is CLOSED as of this Order's date.
      The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to: the Honorable Matthew J.
Cuffe, District Court Judge; counsel of record; and David E. Orr personally.
      DATED this Z-.0 day of February, 2024.

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