text:                                                                                             08/19/2020
  
  
             IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                          Case Number: DA 18-0666
  
  
                                        DA 18-0666
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  THOMAS KOOP, III,
  
               Petitioner and Appellant,
  
        v.                                                           ORDER
  
  STATE OF MONTANA,
  
               Respondent and Appellee.
                                  _________________
  
         Pursuant to the Internal Operating Rules of this Court, this cause is classified for
  submission on briefs to a five-justice panel of this Court.
         The Clerk is directed to provide a copy hereof to all counsel of record and to the
  Honorable Kaydee Snipes-Ruiz, District Judge.
  
                                                    For the Court,
  
  
  
  
                                                                               Electronically signed by:
                                                                                     Mike McGrath
                                                                        Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                                    August 19 2020
  