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The Amendment Trimmer
Satire. Dialogue is imagined; the underlying rulings and records are linked below.
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Masthead: JUSTICE-DENIED | SATIRE
Series: DOCKET CLEANING
Title: THE AMENDMENT TRIMMER
Panel 1: DOCKET CLEANING
Craig brings a paper-leaf tree labeled PROPOSED AMENDED COMPLAINT beside a RULE 15 sign.
Craig: Room for the added allegations?
Panel 2:
Judge Miller preserves branches labeled NEW DEFENDANT and CONSPIRACY.
Judge Miller: These can stay.
Panel 3:
The judge clips branches labeled 53(f), 53(g), 54(b), and 99 into a STRUCK wheelbarrow.
Panel 4:
Craig and Marie see the trimmed complaint tree and a DOCKET CLEARANCE sign; the permitted branches remain.
Craig: A lot more room. A lot less complaint.
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SATIRE • IMAGINED SCENES AND DIALOGUE
Stevenson Doc. 152, pp. 8–10.
Behind the cartoon
The December 15, 2021 order allowed the new defendant and conspiracy addition while excluding proposed paragraphs 53(f), 53(g), 54(b), and 99. The plant keeps the additions that survived.
Underlying records
- Doc. 152, pp. 8–10Doc. 152, pp. 8–10; The December 15, 2021 order allowed the new defendant and conspiracy addition while excluding proposed paragraphs 53(f), 53(g), 54(b), and 99. The plant keeps the additions that survived.
Docket Cleaning series. Cleaning equipment, scenes, and dialogue are imagined editorial satire. Court-page locators refer to original document pages.
More record detail
Stevenson v. Stevenson, Otter Tail County case 56-CV-20-2928. The December 15, 2021 order allowed the new defendant and conspiracy addition while excluding proposed paragraphs 53(f), 53(g), 54(b), and 99. The plant keeps the additions that survived. Sources: Doc. 152, pp. 8–10.
