Opinion
358497
02-15-2022
Dennis Keith Harris v. Linda Theresa Harris
LC No. 20-038711-DO
ORDER
Elizabeth L. Gleicher, Chief Judge, acting under MCR 7.217 and MCR 7.219(1), orders:
The motion for reinstatement of appeal is GRANTED, subject to appellant filing the required docketing statement within 21 days after the date of this order. If appellant fails to file the docketing statement as required by this order this appeal will be submitted on the involuntary dismissal docket without further notice to the parties. Further, appellant's brief on appeal, which has not been filed with this Court, shall be due within 21 days after the date of this order.
The Court further orders that the $250 costs assessed in the order of November 19, 2021, against John S. Paterson (PI 8693), retained counsel for appellant, are VACATED in light of the apparent lack of any bad faith by counsel in failing to respond to the relevant involuntary dismissal warning letter.
However, this Court additionally notes that this Court's records show the sending of the October 18, 2021 warning letter, the November 19, 2021 dismissal order, and the December 16, 2021 Clerk's Office correspondence to appellant's counsel's email address. Thus, appellant's counsel is cautioned that he should take appropriate action to ensure his email account is functionally correctly so as to receive emails from this Court and/or regularly check the docket entries for this case on this Court's website to ensure he does not miss further communications from this Court. Appellant's counsel should not expect a failure to receive email communications from this Court in this appeal to excuse him from meeting further obligations in this appeal.