Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-12 17:08:05.330806+00
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07/12/2023

                                                                                         Case Number: DA 23-0253

       IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

                                        DA 23-0253

ADAM PUMMILL, an individual, and
ADAM PUMMILL and KURTIS
ROBERTSON as a member of Black Gold
Enterprises, LLC, members of, and on
behalf of BLACK GOLD ENTERPRISES,
LLC,

            Plaintiffs and Appellees,

      v.

JOSHUA T. PATTERSON a/k/a JOSH
                                                     FOURTH ORDER OF MEDIATOR
PATTERSON, as an individual and d/b/a
                                                           APPOINTMENT
PATTERSON ENTERPRISES, INC.,
also d/b/a ROCKY MOUNTAIN
EQUIPMENT, INC., p/k/a ROCKY
MOUNTAIN JCB, INC., also d/b/a
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENTAL
SPECIALISTS, LLC, also d/b/a ROCKY
MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT also d/b/a
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENTAL, also
d/b/a ROCKY MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT
OF MISSOULA MONTANA,

            Defendants and Appellants.

        This appeal being subject to M.R.App.P. 7, and the parties having failed to jointly
and timely select a mediator under M.R.App.P., 7(4),(c),
        On June 28, 2023, Lon J. Dale was appointed as mediator. He has since informed
this office that he must decline the appointment.
        ACCORDINGLY, the appointment of Mr. Dale is rescinded, and: IT IS
ORDERED THAT CJ Johnson, whose name appears next on the list of attorneys
desiring appointment as mediators for Money Judgments appeals which is maintained
pursuant to M.R.App.P., 7(4)(e), is hereby appointed to conduct the mediation process
required by M.R.App.P., 7(5), and
        IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the time periods set forth in M.R.App.P.,
7(5)(d) shall run from the date of this order of appointment.
        A true copy of this order is being mailed to counsel of record for the parties, or to
the parties individually if not represented by counsel, on the date hereof.
        DATED this July 12, 2023.

                                                             _
                                          Bowen Greenwood, Clerk of the Supreme Court

c:      Donald Craig St. Peter, Logan Alan Nutzman, Michael Hawkins O'Brien, Robert
L. Sterup, Jr., Shane Alexander MacIntyre, Dustin M. Chouinard, James P. O'Brien, CJ
Johnson