Obama Citizenship

Greenberg v. Brunner: Judge Requires Plaintiff to Cover Court Costs

By Phil

Yesterday, Carol Greenberg, Plaintiff pro se in one of the original State-based lawsuits challenging Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner in Greenberg v. Brunner, received a court order from Judge Robert C. Pollex in the Court of Common Pleas requiring that “costs shall be assessed against Plaintiff.”

This was apparently a result of the first paragraph of the motion, whereby Ms. Greenberg decided not to further pursue the petition:

This cause came before the Court on Defendant Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff s complaint for injunctive relief. Plaintiff did not oppose the motion. Upon due consideration, the Court finds the motion well taken and that it should be granted. [emphasis mine]

Since this case was filed in a local jurisdiction, hopefully the costs will not exceed the three figure range. Either way, for those petitioners who are not attorneys (i.e.: “pro se”), be sure that you keep fully informed with what’s going on with your respective case. While I am not an attorney, my opinion is that one party can obviously move to make the opposing party pay all Court costs.

Update: A new blog site has been set up for this issue: ohiososjenniferbrunnersattack.blogspot.com. I’ve also included this on my blogroll on the sidebar.

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on January 17, 2009 (boomark / email).