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The Unwanted Supplement
Satire. Dialogue is imagined; the underlying rulings and records are linked below.
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Panel 1: HER RECOVERY PLAN
Marie approaches an obvious imagined counter marked "RECOVERY", fully clothed in her teal cardigan. A calendar card reads "SURGERY: JULY 15, 2022". Do not show an actual medical prescription or doctor prescribing medication.
Marie: Rest and privacy, please.
Panel 2: 144 DAYS LATER - DEC. 6, 2022
Judge Miller is behind the counter in his black judicial robe with a "JUDGE MILLER" nameplate. He adds an absurd enormous pill bottle marked "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE", crowding out the simple recovery card. Its oversized tag reads "MILLER'S ORDER" and "DOC. 366, p. 34". Marie looks at the unwelcome supplement, dignified rather than frightened.
Marie: Who ordered the publicity supplement?
Artwork caption: SATIRE - IMAGINED SCENES AND DIALOGUE Dec. 6, 2022 order, Doc. 366, p. 34. Sources in review guide.
Behind the cartoon
Recovery receives an unwelcome supplement: public disclosure.
Underlying records
- December 6, 2022 order, Stevenson v. Stevenson, Doc. 366Printed/PDF p. 34; medical discovery discussion pp. 32–35.
- Marie Stevenson's published first-person account, Don't Delay, Like I DidPDF p. 2, newspaper A8: surgery July 15, 2022.
- Related first-person account — A Protective Order That Protected NothingMarie’s account; section “The Unthinkable Violation: A Judge Publicly Discloses a Medical Diagnosis” describes continuing recovery and local privacy.
The December 6, 2022 order names Marie's cancer diagnosis on printed/PDF page 34, within its medical-discovery discussion. Marie's published first-person account dates her surgery to July 15, 2022, 144 days before the order. Marie says she was still recovering and had personally told only medical providers in Fergus Falls. The order separately says defendants learned of the diagnosis through a family member's deposition. The cartoon's scenes and dialogue are imagined satire about public disclosure.
More record detail
Stevenson v. Stevenson, district court file 56-CV-20-2928, Doc. 366, signed/filed December 6, 2022, printed/PDF p. 34 (medical-discovery context pp. 32–35). Surgery timing: Marie Stevenson's published first-person account, Don't Delay, Like I Did, PDF p. 2 / newspaper p. A8, July 15, 2022 surgery. Recovery and local privacy: Marie's first-person account, A Protective Order That Protected Nothing, section The Unthinkable Violation: A Judge Publicly Discloses a Medical Diagnosis; specific account of her own local disclosure also supplied for this series.
