“A party who fails to attend or participate in the hearing may be held in default or have the proceeding dismissed.”
don’t show up and the issue just goes away???
should use that one for speeding tickets. oh yea, us ‘little people’ would get smacked with contempt of court or have a summons issued for our arrest.
if i were the prosecution and 0failure’s team didn’t show up... again... i would ask the judge if he was going to rule on evidence presented to the court and if such evidence is to be countered, to have the chance to address any such argument (unlike in the GA ‘ruling’) before any judgement is rendered.
sten:”don’t show up and the issue just goes away???”
The default judgment would occur if the defendant does not show up and the dismissal would occur if the plaintiff does not show up....
A default judgement gives the plaintiffs what they want - there is no need to enter any evidence at all.
What happened in Georgia is that the plaintiffs could have had a default judgement but they requested that the case be decided on the merits of their evidence and legal arguments.
The judge found both lacking.
Obama’s team made no arguments or presented no evidence - the plaintiffs failed to prove him ineligible.
Btw - the “have the proceeding dismissed.” is what happens when the plaintiffs fail to show.