O'Donnell v. Multnomah County Assessor

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IN THE OREGON TAX COURT MAGISTRATE DIVISION Property Tax BARRY G. O'DONNELL, Plaintiff, v. MULTNOMAH COUNTY ASSESSOR, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) TC-MD 100356B DECISION OF DISMISSAL This matter is before the court on its own motion to dismiss this case for want of prosecution. On April 2, 2010, Plaintiff filed a Complaint challenging the assessment of property, identified as Account R502640. A case management conference was held in this matter on May 13, 2010, during which the parties agreed to a schedule of dates to submit information to the court. As agreed upon by the parties, Defendant s representative, Leslie Cech, filed a tax impact calculation for the subject property on May 20, 2010. Plaintiff was to settle the appeal, withdraw, or request a trial be set by June 15, 2010. Plaintiff did not contact the court and, on June 25, 2010, the court sent the parties a Journal Entry warning Plaintiff that his case would be dismissed if he did not respond to the court within 14 days from the date of the Journal Entry. As of this date, the court has received no further communication from Plaintiff. Under such circumstances, the court finds the appeal must be dismissed for want of prosecution. Now, therefore, /// /// DECISION OF DISMISSAL TC-MD 100356B 1 IT IS THE DECISION OF THIS COURT that the Complaint is dismissed. Dated this day of July 2010. JEFFREY S. MATTSON MAGISTRATE If you want to appeal this Decision, file a Complaint in the Regular Division of the Oregon Tax Court, by mailing to: 1163 State Street, Salem, OR 97301-2563; or by hand delivery to: Fourth Floor, 1241 State Street, Salem, OR. Your Complaint must be submitted within 60 days after the date of the Decision or this Decision becomes final and cannot be changed. This Decision was signed by Magistrate Jeffrey S. Mattson on July 26, 2010. The court filed and entered this Decision on July 26, 2010. DECISION OF DISMISSAL TC-MD 100356B 2

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