Post by Admin on Feb 3, 2018 13:39:46 GMT -7
Latest News in the O'Connell and Rakela Morass
A brief was filed with the court by the GLA attorney Seth Cunningham concerning Val O'Connell for circumventing the Court's previous order declaring her a vexatious litigant. The Court set a deadline of January 19th, 2018 for Kathleen Rakela and/or Val O'Connell to respond. That deadline passed and neither responded so now the court can move forward with a decision.
In the GLA response to the vexatious litigant brief attorney Cunningham describes how Val claimed credit for authoring the Rakela lawsuit. Cunningham went on to compare similarities between O'Connell lawsuits and the Rakela one. He speculated that the Rakela lawsuit might never have progressed as far without Val's assistance. He also contended that Val was practicing law without a license.
Specific sanctions were left up to the court's discretion.
Rakela has since hired a Montana licensed attorney and is moving full speed ahead with her lawsuit. The GLA offered to void the entire 2017 election, toss all landowner votes and start the process over again with Rakela as an official candidate. For unknown reasons Rakela rejected that deal and instead chose to continue with her lawsuit against the GLA. She believes that she has suffered "irreparable harm" and is apparently seeking to remedy that injury.
Download and read the court filing here.
In the GLA response to the vexatious litigant brief attorney Cunningham describes how Val claimed credit for authoring the Rakela lawsuit. Cunningham went on to compare similarities between O'Connell lawsuits and the Rakela one. He speculated that the Rakela lawsuit might never have progressed as far without Val's assistance. He also contended that Val was practicing law without a license.
Specific sanctions were left up to the court's discretion.
Rakela has since hired a Montana licensed attorney and is moving full speed ahead with her lawsuit. The GLA offered to void the entire 2017 election, toss all landowner votes and start the process over again with Rakela as an official candidate. For unknown reasons Rakela rejected that deal and instead chose to continue with her lawsuit against the GLA. She believes that she has suffered "irreparable harm" and is apparently seeking to remedy that injury.
Download and read the court filing here.
