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Date Created: 2023-03-08 00:04:34.081363+00
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TAL                                        03/07/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                                  Case Number: OP 22-0713

                                          OP 22-0713
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 FRANK MASCARENA,                                                            MAR 0 7 2°23
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              Petitioner,

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                                                                        ORDER
 MONTANA STATE HOSPITAL,
 CARTER ANDERSON,
 Interim Administrator,

              Respondents.

       Frank Mascarena has filed a Petition for Rehearing of this Court's January 3, 2023
Order denying and dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mascarena also filed
a Motion to Introduce Evidence.           We amend the caption to include the InteriM
Administrator's narne. Section 46-22-201(1)(c), MCA.
       Relevant to Mascarena's Petition, M. R. App. P. 20(1) provides that this Court "will
consider a petition for rehearing presented only upon the . . . grounds . . . [t]hat it overlooked
some fact material to the decision[,] . . . or [t]hat its decision conflicts with a statute or
controlling decision not addressed by the supreme court." M. R. App. P. 20(1)(a)(i) and
(iii). "Absent clearly demonstrated exceptional circumstances, the supreme court will not
grant petitions for rehearing of its orders disposing of motions or petitions for extraordinary
writs." M. R. App. P. 20(1)(d).
       Mascarena has not demonstrated that he is entitled to rehearing. He brings forth the
same issues, such as disqualification and bail, as his original petition while also challenging
the prosecution of the underlying criminal cases. He points out that he has five pending
criminal cases in the Yellowstone County District Court, and he requests that the two older
cases be expunged. Mascarena attempts to litigate or to challenge alleged errors in his
criminal proceedings.
      Mascarena has not provided a basis to warrant rehearing.        As stated before,
Mascarena may appeal any conviction and sentence after the District Court issues its
Judgments. Accordingly,
      IT IS ORDERED that Mascarena's "Writ Petition for Rehearing" as well as his
Motion to Introduce Evidence are DENIED and DISMISSED.
      The Clerk of the Supreme Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to: the
Honorable Rod Souza, District Court Judge; Terry Halpin, Clerk of District Court, under
Cause Nos. DC-19-1575, DC-21-0671, DC-22-099, DC-22-100, and DC-22-602;
Benjamin Langford, Yellowstone County Deputy Attorney; Matthew Claus, Defense
Counsel; counsel of record; Carter Anderson, Interim Administrator, Montana State
Hospital, along with a copy of Mascarena's Petition; and Frank Mascarena personally.
      DATED this 7- —lay of March, 2023.

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