Court Opinion

ID: 9438049
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 05:12:28.650729+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:25:19.958075
License: Public Domain

McCONNELL, J.,
concurring.
I concur in the judgment on the ground that the appellee Jennifer Bean, did not file an appellate brief, and therefore waives any arguments she might have in response to appellant Paul Livingston’s claims. Mr. Livingston makes a facially plausible case that the district court lacked authority to enter the order requiring him to pay for the transcripts. Ms. Bean offers nothing to counter that case.
This decision should not, however, be interpreted as precedent (even of the purely persuasive unpublished sort) that parties can avoid payment for reporter transcripts in cases involving a governmental party simply by requesting those tran*232scripts under a public records act. There has been no adversary presentation of argument on that issue.