Court Opinion

ID: 9396850
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Date Created: 2023-05-23 20:07:07.606837+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:20.300944
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Plaintiffs and Appellees,

                                                       05/23/2023
       v.                                                              O

 CHRISTI JACOBSEN,in her official capacity asCase Number: DA 22-0667
 Montana Secretary of State,

              Defendant and Appellant.

       After reviewing the Amicus brief for Lawyers Democracy
captioned matter, filed on May 23, 2023, this Court has determined t
comply with the Montana Rules of Appellate Procedure for the belo
and must be resubmitted.
       Rule 13(2) requires Amicus to file a signed original brief and
the Supreme Court. The original of Amicus's briefis unsigned, and t
with the Rules. Simply listing the name of the attorney, though it do
of identifying who submitted the brief, does not certify the attorney's
Montana Rules of Civil Procedure. See M. R. Civ. P. Rule 11.
       Further, pursuant to M. R. App. P. 11(4)(e), a signed Certif
stating the document's line spacing and either:(1)the document is pr
together with the typeface, point size, and word count; or (2) t
monospaced typeface, together with the number of characters per inc
the number of counted pages, pursuant to section (4)(b) or (c) of the
to a brief A party preparing this certificate may rely on the wor
processing system used to prepare the brief The certification is not i
the document's length. No such Certificate was included with Amicu
Therefore,
      IT IS ORDERED that the referenced brief is rejected.
      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within ten (10) days of the date of this Order
Amicus shall electronically file with the Clerk of this Court a revised brief containing the
revisions necessary to comply with the specified Rules and that Amicus shall serve copies
of the revised brief on all parties ofrecord;
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no changes, additions, or deletions other than
those specified in this Order may be made to the brief as originally filed; and
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the times for any subsequent briefing contained
in M. R. App. P. 13 shall run from the date offiling ofthe revised brief.
       The Clerk is directed to provide a true copy ofthis Order to Amicus and to all parties
ofrecord.
       DATED this 23rd day of May,2023.
                                                         For the Court,