Dave Alexander reports that there are still issues about confirmation of service of process on Bill Schmalfeldt regarding the North Carolina stalking no contact petitions against him. The hearing on the matter has been continued until 20 January.
UPDATE—Dave now reports that the hearing has been rescheduled for 27 January.
Is Bill ducking service? Or is the Sheriff’s department waiting for more documents so they can serve him in bulk?
One of the saving graces of government functions is that all the ‘i’s must be dotted and all the ‘t’s must be crossed.
One of the most frustrating things about government functions is that all the ‘i’s must be dotted and all the ‘t’s must be crossed, not just in a particular color, but with ONE SPECIFIC PEN that the entire government apparatus must share.
On a distantly related subject, have I mentioned recently that Obamacare sucks?
Don’t even get me started.
No, no. I’m constantly informed (usually by people who don’t even live in the US) that Obamacare is a great success and the only people who are worse off are some idiots who don’t know the law. Also, FOX NEWS… or something.
Your problem is that you don’t know what good insurance is. Your insurance totally sucked. That’s why it got cancelled, even though President Constitution said it wouldn’t.
And the minority Republicans blocked any attempts to write a better law.
Bill should waive service. It’s what he expects others to do.
Bill should be in jail. It’s what he expects to happen to others.
Sarah just emailed me to say it now January 27th. Hearing postponed. But it will happen.
Not spent much time in court myself, but I’ve learned from watching that you just have to keep grinding on – sooner or later you get to the result you’re after.
The fact there’s a hiccup or two on the way is neither here nor there. Though a sensible person who’s the (temporary) beneficiary of such hiccups would do well to take advantage of the delay.
Sensible… heh.
We should take up a collection and send Howard up to make sure he’s served good and proper.
It would be funny if he appeared in court without meaning to be there…
Oh, now there’s an idea that needs to go viral!
He answered the complaint, so what confirmation is necessary? See also: things Federal judges say.
The thing is, the court probably hasn’t received the answer, as they haven’t received the proof of service. Probably because of the way NC government handles mail to courts. All of it, for the entire state, is received at a central office which then distributes it to the various courts [and other agencies served by the same system]. There’s even a parasitic private courier company that you can pay an extortion-ish amount of money to make sure that mail you want to be delivered on a timely basis is so delivered. This delay is incurred, of course, in the name of efficiency. You can’t have court clerks wasting their time opening mail, unless it’s already been opened and resealed by somebody else, first.