03/24/2021

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 21-0111 Supreme Court Cause No. DA 21-0111

JADA KU, Plaintiff and Appellant, ORDER GRANTING APPELLEE’S MOTION TO -vs- CONSOLIDATE MEDIATION AND GREAT FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY, APPOINTMENT OF MEDIATOR Defendant and Appellee.

Pursuant to Appellant’s Motion to Consolidate, this appeal being subject to M.R.App.P. 7; the parties having failed to jointly and timely select a mediator under M.R.App.P. 7(4)(c); and good cause shown: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Appellee’s motion is GRANTED. This case and the case of Jada Ku v. Great Falls Public Schools, Case Number DA 21-0095 are hereby consolidated for purposes of the Rule 7 mediation process.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that J. David Slovak, is hereby appointed to conduct the consolidated mediation of this case and Case Number DA 21-0095.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the time periods set forth in M.R.App.P. 7(5)(d) shall run from the date of this order.

DATED this ___ day of March, 2021.

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Electronically signed by: Mike McGrath Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court March 24 2021