Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-09-01 14:07:24.970832+00
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                       NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

                Commonwealth of Kentucky
                          Court of Appeals
                             NO. 2022-CA-0070-MR

VENDELLA WATKINS                                                    APPELLANT

                APPEAL FROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT
v.                HONORABLE JOHN L. ATKINS, JUDGE
                        ACTION NO. 21-CI-00239

CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAILHOUSE                                           APPELLEES

                            OPINION AND ORDER
                                DISMISSING

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BEFORE: COMBS, MCNEILL, AND TAYLOR, JUDGES.

MCNEILL, JUDGE: Appellant, Vendella Watkins (Watkins), filed a pro se

Complaint in Christian Circuit Court on March 24, 2021. Watkins alleges that, on

March 24, 2020, she suffered personal injuries while housed at the Christian

County Jail. Appellee filed a motion to dismiss her Complaint as untimely filed,

which was granted. Watkins appeals to this Court as a matter of right.
              In her Notice of Appeal, Watkins erroneously names “Christian

County Jailhouse” as the sole Appellee. Therefore, she has failed to name an

individual or a proper legal entity as an appellee in this case. See Kentucky Rule

of Civil Procedure 73.03; and Kentucky Rule of Appellate Procedure (RAP)

(2)(B)(1) (effective January 1, 2023). See also Deters v. Kenton Cnty., No. 2010-

CA-002317-MR, 2012 WL 512588, at *3 (Ky. App. Feb. 17, 2012) (dismissing

due to lack of appellate jurisdiction for failure to name proper party in case

alleging negligence by the Kenton County Jailer). Similarly, this appeal is

dismissed due to the lack of appellate jurisdiction.

             ALL CONCUR.

 ENTERED: _______________
                                               JUDGE, COURT OF APPEALS

 BRIEF FOR APPELLANT:                      BRIEF FOR APPELLEE:

 Vendella Watkins, pro se                  Harold M. Johns
 Hopkinsville, Kentucky                    Elkton, Kentucky

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