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Date Created: 2023-05-23 21:07:16.98336+00
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ORIGINAL                                           05/23/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                       Case Number: DA 23-0006

                                        DA 23-0006

MARCIA FOWLER,                                                         MAY 2 3 2023
                                                                     Bowen Grenwood
                                                                   Clerk of Supreme Court
              Plaintiff and Appellee,                                 State of Montana

       v.                                                          ORDER

 VINCENT J. COX,

              Defendant and Appellant.

      Representing herself, Appellee Marcia Fowler moves this Court to dismiss this
appeal. Self-represented Appellant Vincent J. Cox has not filed a response.
      Fowler indicates that Cox is not in compliance with this Court's rules. She states
that he did not comply with M. R. App. P. 7 because he did not participate in mediation.
She further states that he failed to file a timely opening brief, pursuant to M. R. App. P.
13(1). Fowler adds that Cox sought an appeal "to delay the collection of the [Judgment]."
      This Court observes that the Clerk of the Supreme Court appointed a mediator on
February 17, 2023. The office of the Clerk received the District Court record on March 1,
2023. Since then, Fowler's attorney filed his notice of withdrawal along with Fowler's
consent on April 27, 2023.
       We conclude that dismissal of this appeal is appropriate. M. R. App. P. 13(3). Cox
should have filed his appeal on or before Friday, March 31, 2023. He has not done so or
sought any extension of time. Therefore,
       IT IS ORDERED that Fowler's Motion to Dismiss Appeal is GRANTED and that
this appeal is DISMISSED with prejudice.
      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this appeal is CLOSED as of this Order's date.
      The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to appointed mediator, Brian
J. Bulger; to Marcia Fovd; and to Vincent J. Cox.
      DATED this E3 —day of May, 2023.

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