Opinion
DA 23-0033
08-22-2023
SHARON McCREA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CONNIE SUE LARSON, ESTATE OF MARTINNE E. CHEW, CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY. LOANCARE ACCOUNT SERVICING and Any Other Party, i.e. JOHN DOE, Defendants and Appellees.
ORDER
On August 9, 2023, counsel for Appellees Chicago Title Insurance Company and LoanCare Account Servicing ("Companies") moved to dismiss this appeal because selfrepresented Appellant Sharon McCrea ("McCrea") had not timely filed her opening brief after receiving three extensions of time to do so. M. R. App. P. 13(3). The motion to dismiss was held for a response. Two days later, McCrea filed a Motion for Extension of Time to file her brief that was originally due on August 2, 2023. On August 15, 2023, the Companies filed an objection to McCrea's fourth request for an extension of time to file her opening brief. While allowing time to elapse for McCrea to file a response to the pending Motion to Dismiss, McCrea filed her opening brief-twenty days late.
This Court wants all litigants to adhere to procedural rules. McCrea has not done so in seeking a fourth extension to time to which the Companies correctly objected. Given the foregoing, however, IT IS ORDERED that the Companies' Motion to Dismiss Appeal is DENIED without prejudice.
The Clerk of the Supreme Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to counsel of record and to Sharon McCrea personally.