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The Library Alarm
Satire. Dialogue is imagined; the underlying rulings and records are linked below.
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Panel 1: PUBLIC RECORDS
A generic reader opens a court order at a library desk. The existing plaintiff-side human figure in this panel is Craig Stevenson.
Craig: I'll check the citation.
Panel 2: ALARM!
A talking document labeled OPPOSITION BRIEF rings a desk alarm.
Opposition brief: These lengths are alarming!
Panel 3: CAUSE IDENTIFIED
The reader holds up the open order and a second book containing the cited case. The existing plaintiff-side human figure in this panel is Craig Stevenson.
Craig: I read the source, too.
Panel 4: LIBRARY SECURITY
An ordinary librarian inspects the alarm, whose label reads TRIGGER: PUBLIC-RECORD RESEARCH.
Librarian: We usually encourage that.
Artwork caption: Source: Stevenson Doc. 527, p. 5 ¶25, quoting Doc. 520, p. 24. Imagined dialogue.
Behind the cartoon
Craig Stevenson researched orders in the civil case he and Marie Stevenson brought against family members. He used that research to support their request to have Judge Kevin M. Miller step aside and set aside earlier rulings. Craig Stevenson's September 9, 2024 supplemental declaration quotes the defendants' opposition calling the lengths of his research alarming and beyond what was reasonable or appropriate for a litigant. The declaration identifies the passage as page 24 of defendants' opposition brief. The cartoon makes that advocacy an actual library alarm, with the public record as the object being read.
Underlying records
- Stevenson Doc. 527, Craig Stevenson's supplemental declaration, September 9, 2024p. 5, paragraphs 25–26; paragraph 25 reproduces defense Doc. 520, p. 24
More record detail
Stevenson Doc. 527, Craig Stevenson's supplemental declaration, September 9, 2024: p. 5, paragraphs 25–26; paragraph 25 reproduces defense Doc. 520, p. 24
