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New Attorney Appears

After Mr. McGraw withdrew, he failed to account for the February 3 admissions deadline, forcing the newly retained attorney to step in earlier than expected on January 31. I had previously filed a motion to continue during this timeframe due to being out of town for work, so the timing around substitution wasn’t coincidental. Under…

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Amended Rule 2.1 Order

On January 30, 2025, Chief District Court Judge Eagles denied my motion to have the case designated as an exceptional civil case under Rule 2.1, stating that the claims weren’t complex and there weren’t enough parties to warrant the designation—even though this was the very same case where defendants were allowed to delay proceedings to…

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Motion for Extension on Discovery & Objection

With discovery being in a couple of days, specifically the interrogatories and documents. Instead of complying, defendants filed a Motion to Extend Discovery. I filed an objection to the because they failed to provide any specific reason for the extension as required under Rule 6(b) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. Their…

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Motion to Compel Answer & Objection to Withdrawal

This was my first formal attempt to correct the growing procedural misconduct in the case, objecting to the defendants’ failure to file an answer and exposing, through emails, that opposing counsel was playing deliberate games with disclosure about new counsel. It was clear even then that they were intentionally creating procedural confusion to delay the…

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Motion Hearing = First Interlocutory Order on Appeal

The January 23 hearing fundamentally shaped everything that followed in my case and the amount of misconduct is too long to list. What should have been a day of progress instead became a shocking demonstration of procedural irregularities. The hearing was scheduled before Chief District Court Judge Eagles, who had sole authority to rule on…

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Motion to Strike Complaint & Objection

Instead of filing an answer like required, Frank McGraw, in a desperate move, filed a Motion to Strike under Rule 12(f) and tried to claim that doing so automatically extended their time to answer by 20 days — which is factually incorrect. Under the law, filing a Rule 12 motion only extends the deadline if…

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