Sayler v. State ( 2020 )

12/07/2020 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STA OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 20-0479 DA 20-0479 FILED AMANDA R. SAYLER, DEC 0 7 2020 Bowen Greenwood Court Clerk of Suprerne Petitioner and Appellant, State of Montana v. ORDER STATE OF MONTANA, Respondent and Appellee. This Court reviews briefs to ensure compliance with Rules 11 and 12 of the Montana Rules of Appellate Procedure. After reviewing the Appellant's opening brief filed electronically on December 4, 2020, this Court has determined that the brief does not comply with the below-referenced Rules and must be resubmitted. M.R. App. P. 12(1)(d) requires that the brief contain a statement of facts relevant to the issues presented for review, with specific references to the pages or the parts of the record at which material facts appear. Appellant's opening brief cites only to the three-, page District Court order being appealed without reference to other materials in the record. M.R. App. P. 12(1)(g) requires that the brief contain citations to the authorities, statutes, and pages of the record relied on in the argument. Appellant's opening brief lacks citations to quoted references throughout the argument section. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the referenced brief is rejected. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within ten (10) days ofthe date ofthis Order the Appellant shall electronically file with the Clerk of this Court a revised brief containing the revisions necessary to comply with the specified Rule[s] and that the Appellant shall serve copies ofthe revised brief on all parties ofrecord; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no changes, additions, or deletions other than those specified in this Order may be made to the brief as originally filed; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the times for any subsequent briefing contained in M.R. App. P. 13 shall run from the date offiling ofthe revised brief. The Clerk is directed to provide a true copy of this Order to the Appellant and to all parties ofrecord. DATED this 7th day of December, 2020. For the Court, Justice Dirk Sandefur