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The Transparency Magnifier

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The Transparency Magnifier

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Panel 1: PUBLIC DOCKET HEADINGS
A reader studies a Stevenson A25-0186 board bearing four PANEL UPDATE cards, two below MAY5,2025 and two below JUNE6,2025. The existing plaintiff-side human figure in this panel is Marie Stevenson.
Marie: What changed?

Panel 2: A CLOSER LOOK
A smiling COURT INFORMATION KIOSK holds an enormous magnifying glass beside the same four-card assignment board.
Kiosk: Try our transparency tool.

Panel 3: MAGNIFICATION
The reader climbs a wooden stepladder to peer through the huge freestanding magnifier toward the board. The existing plaintiff-side human figure in this panel is Marie Stevenson.
Marie: That should reveal something.

Panel 4: THE RESULT
The lens fills most of the panel with enlarged PANEL UPDATE lettering. The reader peers around its edge while the four-card board remains visible behind. The existing plaintiff-side human figure in this panel is Marie Stevenson.
Marie: Bigger heading. Same mystery.

Artwork caption: Imagined dialogue. Stevenson A25-0186 docket: May 5 and June 6, 2025.

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This docket concerns Craig and Marie Stevenson's appeal from the denial of their request to have Judge Kevin M. Miller step aside and set aside earlier rulings. A panel is the group of appellate judges assigned to hear and decide an appeal. The preserved public docket screenshot for Stevenson A25-0186 lists two panel-assignment updates on May 5, 2025 and two more on June 6, before oral argument on June 11.

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Craig Stevenson

Craig Stevenson is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Justice-Denied.org. He is President and CEO of Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI), which traces its roots to Craig’s Radio & TV, founded in 1979 and renamed STSI in 1989. He also founded and operated C&R Cable Company, Inc. from 1981 until its sale in 1989. Craig and his wife, Marie, have been married for more than 36 years and are the parents of two adult daughters.