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Court finds failures-to-appear and imposes defaults for several matters on Aug. 11 calendar
Summary
On the afternoon docket the court found failures-to-appear for several cases and declared the violations committed via default, imposing penalties where notices had been mailed and not returned undeliverable.
Lake Forest Park Municipal Court staff reported multiple failures-to-appear (FTAs) on the Aug. 11 infraction calendar; Judge Grant found the violations committed via default and ordered penalties in several matters after staff confirmed notices had been mailed to the addresses on file and not returned.
Court staff identified FTAs in August for business and individual defendants, including Country Square LLC (two matters), Sean Nersh, and several individual defendants who had requested hearings but did not appear. The clerk announced the court’s findings and the judge entered defaults, imposing the penalties listed in court records.
Specifically, the clerk identified cases on the 1:30 calendar with mailed notices that had not been returned undeliverable; the court found FTAs and entered default findings for Country Square LLC (cases 250224923 and 250224964) and for Julie Juliana Matua (case 10250210070). During the 2:30 calendar, the clerk announced additional defaults, including Jonas Hallstrom (250208843), Tony Simicic (250198945), and John Lord (250231340), and said the penalties would be imposed as reflected in the court record.
The court noted one pro se scheduling matter that required processing of a notice of appearance before the case could be placed on the pro se calendar; the clerk reset that defendant’s hearing date. For the FTA matters, the court recorded the defaults and directed that penalties and assessments be imposed.
These findings are typical actions when a defendant requests a hearing but does not appear and notices were properly mailed to the address on file. The court did not record additional remediation or motions to reopen these default findings on the Aug. 11 record.
