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Petitioners have attempted to file a document styled
“Emergency Motions for Continuance and Request for Sanctions”,
accompanied by Ms. Sluyter’s declaration in support of that
document. We returned those documents to Ms. Sluyter accompanied
by a letter dated August 9, 2000, explaining, among other things,
that, since the cases are neither calendared for trial nor set
for hearing, no continuance could be granted. By that letter, we
advised Ms. Sluyter how to ask for more time to respond to the
Court’s orders. By letter dated August 31, 2000, we returned to
Ms. Sluyter a document styled “Emergency Motion for Extension”,
since such document lacked Ms. Sluyter’s original signature and,
thus, was not a proper document. See Rule 23(a)(3). We again
advised Ms. Sluyter how to ask for more time to respond.
Discussion
I. Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings
A. Introduction
1. Rule 120(a)
In pertinent part, Rule 120(a) provides: “After the
pleadings are closed but within such time as not to delay the
trial, any party may move for judgment on the pleadings.” The
pleadings in these cases consist of the petitions, amended
petitions, and answers, since no other pleadings were required or
permitted. See Rule 30. The answers were all made before
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