ORIGINAL 07/06/2020
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
Case Number: DA 19-0616
DA 19-0616
FILED
CHERYL HOLDEN RICE,
JUL 0 6 2020
Plaintiff and Appellant, Bowen Greenwood
Clerk of Suprerne
Court
State of Möntane
v. ORDER
JOHN KEELEY and JOAN KEELEY,
Defendants and Appellees.
In compliance with this Court's May 1, 2020 Order, both parties have filed a Status
Report with this Court.
Self-represented Appellant Cheryl Holden Rice (Cheryl) moves this Court to
continue the stay imposed on January 21, 2020, and informs the Court that the Ravalli
County District Court held a hearing about enforcement of the settlement agreement on
June 23, 2020. Through counsel, John Keeley and Joan Keeley (the Keeleys) provide that
Cheryl disputes the validity ofthe settlement agreement, which was the result of mandatory
appellate mediation, and that the Keeleys moved for relief in the District Court, pursuant
to this Court's previous Orders. The Keeleys further provide that the District Court issued
an Order Staying Ruling on their motion until the Ravalli County Board of Commissioners
hear Cheryl's appeal on the denial of her proposed driveway approach access permit,
scheduled for July 9, 2020. The Keeleys state that they will provide this Court with an
updated status report wherein they will either move for dismissal or request a lift of the
imposed stay.
Upon review and good cause shown, therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that this appeal remains STAYED until further Order by this
Court. The parties shall FILE a Status Report with this Court on or before August 31,
2020, depending upon the resolution of proceedings before the Ravalli County Board of
Commissioners and the Ravalli County District Court.
The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to the Honorable Howard
Recht, Twenty-First Judicial District Court; to Paige Trautwein. Clerk of District Court,
Ravalli County. under Cause No. DV-18-132; to counsel of record; and to Cheryl Holden
Rice personal I .
DATED this day of July, 2020.
For the Court.