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Judicial Jeopardy: The Office Wins
Satire. Dialogue is imagined; the underlying rulings and records are linked below.
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Panel 1: CHOOSE A CATEGORY
The same generic adult litigant at a navy podium selects OFFICE ARRIVALS under theatrical lights; tuxedo gavel host presides. The existing plaintiff-side human figure in this panel is Craig Stevenson.
Craig: Office Arrivals for $800.
Panel 2: THE CLUE
Royal-blue clue screen dominates with concise cream lettering; a miniature office model and personified report appear as small edge props.
Board text: Counsel said I reached his office,
but he learned it only last week.
Panel 3: BUZZ IN
Litigant hits red buzzer; personified forensic report has one hand raised at the nearby office podium.
The report podium is labeled FORENSIC REPORT. The existing plaintiff-side human figure in this panel is Craig Stevenson.
Craig: What is the forensic report?
Panel 4: NOVEMBER 7, 2022
A miniature office building on its own podium receives the personified FORENSIC REPORT and gold confetti. Gavel host hands litigant an enormous gold question-mark trophy, not the report. The office has a report; the litigant gets a clue. The existing plaintiff-side human figure in this panel is Craig Stevenson.
Gavel host: Correct! The office gets the report. You get a clue.
Artwork caption: Imagined game-show dialogue. Sources in review guide.
Behind the cartoon
The forensic report concerned defendant Lisa Stevenson-Allen’s phone, examined for text-message evidence in Craig and Marie Stevenson’s lawsuit against relatives. At the November 7, 2022 hearing, defense attorney Ross Tentinger acknowledged that a forensic phone report was in his possession but had not been given to the plaintiffs. The contrast is between having a report and the plaintiffs' ability to examine it. The office receives the report while the litigant receives only a clue.
Underlying records
- Craig Stevenson's sworn declaration, Doc.504p.28, paragraphs210–213: reports generated/sent in May; quotes September12,2022 counsel email saying nothing to produce, examination never completed; states production November8.
- November7,2022 hearing transcript, Doc.364p.24:23–25 through p.25:1–13: Tentinger says he has a report, has not produced it, learned it reached his office last week after paralegal switch, and plans review of attorney communications then production.
- Forensic Report Statements and TimelinesBackground and Original AI Query reproduces September email and November hearing exchange; published March27,2025, updated August17,2026.
Doc. 504, p. 28, paragraphs 210–213, reproduces the September 12, 2022 statement that there was nothing to produce because the examination was never completed. At the November 7 hearing, Doc. 364, pp. 24–25, counsel acknowledged possessing a report that he had not produced, explained that he had learned only the prior week it reached his office, and said he would review attorney communications before production. Doc. 504 states one report was produced November 8. The nonproduction shown is as of November 7; report existence is distinct from completion of every part of the examination.
More record detail
Stevenson v. Stevenson, 56-CV-20-2928: Doc. 504 (July 26, 2024), p. 28, paragraphs 210–213; Doc. 364, November 7, 2022 hearing, p. 24:23–25 through p. 25:1–13.
