Motion by Defendant Requesting to be Excused from Proceedings
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February 21, 1986

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Case Files, Dillard v. Crenshaw County Hardbacks. Motion by Defendant Requesting to be Excused from Proceedings, 1986. a3a60a86-b9d8-ef11-a730-7c1e5218a39c. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/8f81e5ab-7ce5-4eda-b7ee-ddae86de33a2/motion-by-defendant-requesting-to-be-excused-from-proceedings. Accessed April 27, 2025.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION JOHN DILLARD, et als, Plaintiffs, CIVIL ACTION NO. 85-T-1332-N VS. CRENSHAW COUNTY, etc., et als, Defendants. MOT 10N Defendant RICHARD I. PROCTOR, in his official capacity as Probate Judge of Lawrence County, Alabama, respectfully shows unto the Court as follows: 1. Movant has heretofore filed pleadings responsive to the complaint in this cause and has appeared by counsel upon Motion Docket and Settlement Conference in Montgomery, Alabama, on the 7th day of February, 1986. 2. Defendant, as Probate Judge of Lawrence County, Alabama, exercises an administrative function in connection with elections in Lawrence County, Alabama as mandated by Title 17-6-1, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended. Defendant exercises no other function relative to the issues in this cause and as set forth in the plaintiffs' complaint with respect to voting districts in Lawrence County, Alabama. 3. In such capacity and as previously communicated by defendant through his pleadings and by consultation through counsel with the Court, defendant occupies a nonadversarial position with respect to the relief or reliefs sought in the plaintiffs' complaint and the positions of the respective defendants in these proceedings. 4, Defendant contemplates no contributive participation in subsequent proceedings or evidentiary hearings which may be conducted in this cause and seeks to incur a minimum of expense and time in such proceedings unless his active participation is necessary and deemed appropriate by the Court and counsel. WHEREFORE, defendant respectfully requests to be excused from further active participation in these proceedings upon evidentiary hearings or otherwise subject to the call of the Court or the parties as may be deemed appropriate and proper upon the progress of these proceedings. Movant requests such other relief as may be appropriate and proper. SPEAKE, SPEAKE & REICH Attorneys for the Defendant, RICHARD I. PROCTOR, Probate Judge of Lawrence County, Alabama ORIGINAL SIGNED BY J. G. SPEAKE J. G. Speake Post Office Box 5 Moulton, Alabama 35650 Telephone: (205) 974-1171 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the above Motion has been served on all counsel of record in these proceedings by placing a copy of same in the United States mail properly addressed and first class postage prepaid this the 14D day of February, 1986. TATA FARMER ORIGINAL SIGNED BY [9 J. G. SPEAKE J. G. Speake, Of Counsel