TIMELINE OF FILINGS AND EVENTS OF
PHILLIPS v. LALB (WRIT OF MANDAMUS FOR PAST LALB TRAVEL RECORDS)
Judge: Caldwell
August 9, 2010:
Lawsuit Filed - CLICK HERE for Phillips v. LALB Writ of Mandamus
September 2, 2010:
Anna Dow, LALB attorney, files answer (opts NOT to just supply report): CLICK HERE to see Dow answer to Phillips v. LALB
September 13, 2010:
Phillips files Memo and Order for Hearing on Writ: CLICK HERE for Phillips' Memo and Order for Writ Hearing
September 17, 2010:
Judge Caldwell strikes through Order for Hearing and sets Status Conference for 11/24/10: CLICK HERE for signed SC Order
November 24, 2010:
Status conference held. Judge Caldwell emphasizes that he hopes a satisfactory resolution can be obtained between the two parties.
January 17, 2011:
After LALB implements records destruction policy on 1/10/11, Phillips files TRO seeking to block (ultimately denied due to "improper form."
CLICK HERE to see Phillips' TRO to block LALB records destruction.
January 28, 2011:
Dow files Motion for Summary Judgment: CLICK HERE to see Dow Motion for Summary Judgment
April 19, 2011:
Robert Burns supplies report for Phillips on 4/7/11 in less than two hours. Thus, Phillips files Motion for Status Conference and, in the Memorandum supporting same, states that the Writ of Mandamus in now "moot."
CLICK HERE to see memorandum and Order for Status Conference.
May 5, 2011:
Phillips files Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment, all scheduled to be heard on May 16, 2011.
CLICK HERE to see Phillips' Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment.
May 16, 2011:
Hearing held for Motion for Summary Judgment. Judge Caldwell seems very sympathetic to Phillips' plight, but he states that, because Phillips never provided his certified letter request directly to the LALB but instead only sent it to LALB attorney Anna Dow, he would have little choice but to grant the Motion for Summary Judgment, and the case was dismissed.
END RESULT
So, in the end, the LALB, under the guidance of Anna Dow (who had a vested interest in fighting Phillips), incurs over $2,500 (not including court cost filing fees), CLICK HERE to see Anna Dow billings pertaining to Phillips v. LALB, when, for only $100 of secretarial-level time (as demonstrated by Robert Burns on April 7, 2011), the matter could have been readily resolved.