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Date Created: 2023-06-21 15:10:55.014661+00
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‘'i_j ORIGINAL                                        06/20/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                              Case Number: DA 23-0315

                                        DA 23-0315

ON SIXTH AVENUE, LLC,                                           JUN 2 0 2023
                                                              Bowen Greenwood
              Plaintiff and Appellee,                       Clerk of Suprerne Court
                                                               State of Montana

       v.                                                            ORDER

CLAYTON WAYNE RAMSEY,

              Defendant and Appellant.

      Self-represented Appellant Clayton Wayne Ramsey has filed a Petition for an
Out-of-Time Appeal, indicating that he improperly filed a timely Notice of Appeal only
with the District Court and that he failed to file the Notice of Appeal. Ramsey includes
copies of the September 27, 2022 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Interlocutory
Order after the non-jury trial as well as the October 18, 2022 Findings of Fact and
Conclusions of Law; Final Judgment, following the damages hearing in the Justice Court
of Record, Civil Division, of Yellowstone County, Montana.
       M. R. App. P. 4(6) allows this Court to grant an out-of-time appeal "[i]n the
infrequent harsh case and under extraordinary circumstances amounting to a gross
miscarriage of justice[1"
      At the outset, Ramsey's Petition is not verified; there is no notarial signature or
stamp. M. R. App. P. 4(6). Ramsey, however, mentions his confusion about the process
and his extraordinary circumstances. Ramsey refers to a Yellowstone County District
Court Cause Number (DV-22-1116) in his Petition, but he does not provide a final
judgment from the District Court, only the Justice Court.
       We secured a copy of the Register of Actions from the Yellowstone County District
Court. On April 3, 2023, the District Court issued an Order Denying Appeal and Affirming
Justice Court Orders. The court also denied Ramsey's motion for rehearing on April 27,
2023. We conclude that Ramsey is entitled to this out-of-time appeal. Therefore,
      IT IS ORDERED that Ramsey's Petition for an Out-of-Time Appeal is GRANTED
and that the Clerk of the Supreme Court may file his submitted Notice of Appeal and other
pleadings.
      The Clerk is also directed to provide a copy of this Order to counsel of record and
to Clayton Wayne Ramsey personally.
      DATED this Zi:`f-^—,
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