Sherveal Mimes

The question: Whether a defendant in Civil Court could have a case brought by a plaintiff without a lawyer dismissed because the plaintiff had not moved it forward.

Outcome / stage: The defendant's motion to dismiss was denied.

The defendant had demanded that the plaintiff file the paperwork that places a case on the trial calendar, a step Civil Court does not use.

Subsequent history: No appellate decision reviewing this ruling was found as of Sept. 29, 2026.

The question: Whether either an acupuncture practice suing Nationwide for payment of its bills, or Nationwide, was entitled to win without a trial.

Outcome / stage: Both motions were granted only to the extent that each side had established its initial case; the fee-rate question remained for trial.

The insurer's remaining defense concerned the fee schedule that sets how much it must pay.

Subsequent history: No appellate decision reviewing this ruling was found as of Sept. 29, 2026.

The question: Whether the prosecution's filing saying it had shared its evidence with the defense was valid, and so whether the case had to be dismissed for missing the deadline to be ready for trial.

Outcome / stage: The defendant's motion was granted and the case was dismissed on speedy-trial grounds.

The defense filed the motion in Feb. 2024, and the prosecution opposed it.

Subsequent history: No appellate decision reviewing this ruling was found as of Sept. 29, 2026.

The question: Whether the prosecution made its charging document legally sufficient within the speedy-trial deadline in a case involving a suspended driver's license.

Outcome / stage: The case was dismissed.

A Department of Motor Vehicles record in the file established the suspension but, the court found, not the defendant's knowledge of it.

Subsequent history: No appellate decision reviewing this ruling was found as of Sept. 29, 2026.

The question: Whether the case had to be dismissed because the prosecution's charging document was not made legally sufficient in time, or because its filing saying it had shared its evidence with the defense was invalid.

Outcome / stage: The case was dismissed.

The defense challenged both the charging document and the prosecution's filing certifying it had shared its evidence.

Subsequent history: No appellate decision reviewing this ruling was found as of Sept. 29, 2026.

The question: Whether prosecutors in a drug-possession case met their duty to share evidence with the defense when they turned over disciplinary records only for the police officers they intended to call as witnesses.

Outcome / stage: The defendant's motion to dismiss was denied.

The defendant sought dismissal on speedy-trial grounds, arguing that the prosecution's filing certifying it had shared its evidence was invalid.

Subsequent history: No appellate decision reviewing this ruling was found as of Sept. 29, 2026.