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THE CLERK SAYS "NO!"

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

NO SOUP (and pleadings) FOR YOU!Reports are trickling in that the Dade County Clerk's Office ("Motto: "We'll be with you in a minute.") is no longer accepting pleadings on behalf of the State Attorneys Office. Apparently that box that they put the pleadings in has cracked and there is no money in the budget to replace it. Additionally, the United States Postal Service has frowned on the Clerks "disenfranchising" postal workers from "the swift completion of their appointed rounds." In any event, you no longer need three copies when you go to the clerk's office as they will not accept pleadings for the State. So there. THIEF ON THE LOOSE:There is a thief on the loose in the criminal courthouse. As hard as it is to believe, there is a nefarious thief preying on the unattended I-Phones of attorneys who set their phones down for a moment while in court or while in the clerk's office...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on March 09, 2011 (boomark / email).