Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-03 00:07:39.983588+00
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05/02/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                       Case Number: OP 23-0183

                                          OP 23-0183

                                                                       ALED
 BOONE JEFFERSON BLOCK,
                                                                        MAY 0 2 2023
                                                                     Bowen Greenwood
              Petitioner,                                          Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                      State of Montana

       v.
                                                                   ORDER
 MONTANA EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL
 DISTRICT COURT, GALLATIN COUNTY,
 HON. JOHN C. BROWN, Presiding,

              Respondent.

       Petitioner Boone Jefferson Block seeks a writ of supervisory control over the
Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, in its Consolidated Cause
Nos. DV-19-1413C and DR-19-4888A. Block asserts that the District Court has not ruled
upon two pending motions in the underlying litigation. These pending motions include a
request for a parenting hearing filed on October 14, 2020, and a motion to refer the
parenting matter to the Standing Master, which was fully briefed as of April 20, 2022.
Block further asserts that he brought the District Court's attention to the pending matters
in accordance with local rules on November 3, 2022, but the District Court has taken no
further action on the pending motion.
       After receiving Block's petition for writ, we requested the District Court to file a
summary response pursuant to M. R. App. P. 14(7). On April 24, 2023, the District Court
responded and stated that on April 20, 2023, it had issued an Order for Scheduling
Conference directing counsel to appear on May 9, 2023, to set a parenting plan hearing.
Thus, the matters for which Block sought the writ have been addressed by the District Court
and are proceeding toward resolution. As such, it is not necessary for this Court to take
further action in this matter at this time.
       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the petition for a writ of supervisory control
is DENIED and DISMISSED.
       Thc Clerk is directed to provide immediate notice of this Ordcr to counsel for
Petitioner, all counsel of record in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court Consolidated
Cause Nos. DV-19-1413C and DR-19-4888A, and to the Honorable John C. Brown,
presiding District Judgier.id
       DATED this          day of May, 2023.

                                                            Chief Justice

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