Gay v. Frey

When basic, ministerial tasks are not competently performed, otherwise routine matters turn into problems. This case illustrates what happens when pleadings are not timely file-stamped and placed into the court file by the circuit clerk’s office. The plaintiff, Anthony T. Gay, inmate No. B62251 in the Department of Corrections (Department), appeals from the September 24, 2007, order of the circuit court of Alexander County that denied his motion to vacate the circuit court’s prior order dismissing his complaint for mandamus relief on the motions of the defendants, R. Shelton Frey, the warden…