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Date Created: 2023-05-25 18:07:18.789905+00
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ORIGINAL                                                                           05/25/2023

                                                                                         Case Number: DA 23-0188
          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

                                       DA 23-0188
                                                                              FILED
 BANNER LEE BOYD,
                                                                               MAY 2 5 2023
                                                                            Bowen Greenwood
               Petitioner and Appellant,                                  Clerk of Supreme Cour
                                                                             State of +Vlontana

     v.                                                             ORDER

 STATE OF MONTANA,

               Respondent and Appellee.

       This Court reviews briefs to ensure compliance with the Montana Rules of
Appellate Procedure. After reviewing the Appellant's opening brief filed on May 24, 2023,
this Court has determined that the brief does not comply with the Rule 10. Rule 10(2)
provides in part:
      Service of all papers required. Copies of all papers, including any transcript,
      filed by any party and not required by these rules to be served by the clerk of
      the supreme court shall, at or before the time of filing, be served by the party
      on all other parties to the appeal or review. Service on a party represented by
      counsel shall be made on counsel. In criminal cases appealed by the
      defendant and in appeals relating to involuntary commitment and
      proceedings regarding abused or neglected children, all briefs, motions, and
      other papers, not including transcripts, shall be served on both the county
      attorney and the attorney general.

(Emphasis added.) Rule 10(4), in turn, provides:

       Proof of service. Papers presented for filing shall contain a certificate of
       service in the form of a statement of the date and manner of service and of
       the names and addresses of the persons served, certified by the person who
       made service.

       Further, Montana Rule of Appellate Procedure 12(1)(i) requires that the judgment,
order, findings of fact, conclusions of law, or decision in question, together with the

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memorandum opinion, if any, in support thereof, be contained in Appellant's brief to this
Court. Mr. Boyd's brief contains neither a Certificate of Service nor the underlying order
NN hich   he is appealing.
          Therefore,
          IT IS ORDERED that within thirty days of the date of this Order, Appellant shall
file a copy of the judgment or order appealed from with the Clerk of this Court and serve
one copy upon each counsel of record in conformity with M. R. App. P. 10(2).
          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Appellant serve all other parties in compliance
with M.R. App. P. 10(2) in the manner provided by M. R. App. P 10(3) and shall provide
a certificate of service that complies with M. R. App. P 10(4).
          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, to assist Appellant in complying with Court rules,
the Clerk is directed to provide him with a copy of the Civil Handbook for proceeding
before the Supreme Court without an attorney.
          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the times for any subsequent briefing contained
in M. R. App. P. 13 shall run from the date of filing of the judgment or order appealed
from.
          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court give notice of this Order
by mail to Appellant and to all counsel of record.

          DATED this 25th day of May, 2023.
                                                 For the Court,

                                                           Justice