Vendella Watkins v. Christian County Jailhouse ( 2023 )

RENDERED: AUGUST 25, 2023; 10:00 A.M.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED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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