This reminds me of so many motion hearings and trials that I had attended during my career as a criminal defense investigator. The prosecution and the defense would argue over “discovery” issues, wherein the defense demanded that the prosecution turn over police reports, audio and video tape recordings, or making evidence available for examination. The court would then rule that the defense had a right to the materials, and ordered the prosecution to turn over the items or make them available to the defense, etc. However, the court would invariably fail to set a date that the prosecution had to comply with the court’s order. The defense would celebrate their victory, but weeks would then go by while the prosecution did nothing. The defense attorney would then have to schedule yet another hearing date to get the court to tell the prosecutor to turn the materials over by a specific date. What happened in Minnesota was a failure by the plaintiff’s to “dot their i’s”, and request the court to order a “date certain” to comply with the court’s rulings.
This reminds me of so many motion hearings and trials that I had attended during my career as a criminal defense investigator. The prosecution and the defense would argue over “discovery” issues, wherein the defense demanded that the prosecution turn over police reports, audio and video tape recordings, or making evidence available for examination. The court would then rule that the defense had a right to the materials, and ordered the prosecution to turn over the items or make them available to the defense, etc. However, the court would invariably fail to set a date that the prosecution had to comply with the court’s order. The defense would celebrate their victory, but weeks would then go by while the prosecution did nothing. The defense attorney would then have to schedule yet another hearing date to get the court to tell the prosecutor to turn the materials over by a specific date. What happened in Minnesota was a failure by the plaintiff’s to “dot their i’s”, and request the court to order a “date certain” to comply with the court’s rulings.