Court Opinion

ID: 9393156
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Date Created: 2023-05-09 16:05:44.901916+00
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FILED
                                                                      IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                                   CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                           MAY 9, 2023
                                                                    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                  IN THE SUPREME COURT
                  STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                                 2023 ND 93

In the Matter of the Petition of Shane Lance Yates for Name Change

                                No. 20220370

In the Matter of the Petition of Amy Jo Yates for Name Change

                                No. 20220371

Appeal from the District Court of Cass County, East Central Judicial District,
the Honorable Stephannie N. Stiel, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Shane L. Yates, self-represented, Fargo, ND, appellant; submitted on brief.

Amy J. Yates, self-represented, Fargo, ND, appellant; submitted on brief.
                       Matter of Shane Lance Yates
                               No. 20220370

                           Matter of Amy Jo Yates
                                No. 20220371

Per Curiam.

[¶1] Shane Lance Yates and Amy Jo Yates (“Petitioners”) appeal district court
orders denying their petitions for name changes. The Petitioners sought to
change their names from “SHANE LANCE YATES” to “Shane Lance Yates”
and “AMY JO YATES” to “Amy Jo Yates.” The Petitioners argue the all
uppercase styled names are incorrectly styled and the court erred in denying
the name changes. We conclude the district court did not err in denying the
petitions for name changes. The Petitioners included within their notices of
appeal a challenge to the denial of leave to file documents in the district court
subsequent to the issuance of a pre-filing order entered pursuant to N.D. Sup.
Ct. Admin. R. 58. Orders denying leave to file are not appealable. Everett v.
State, 2020 ND 257, ¶ 10, 952 N.W.2d 95. We summarily affirm under
N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7); Matter of Yates, 2022 ND 11, ¶ 5, 969 N.W.2d 195
(holding there was no proper and reasonable cause for the district court to
change two individuals’ names from all capital letters to initial capital letters
followed by lowercase letters because such a request was not a change from
one name to another); Matter of Yates, 2022 ND 103, 974 N.W.2d 408.

[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
     Daniel J. Crothers
     Lisa Fair McEvers
     Jerod E. Tufte
     Douglas A. Bahr

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