26-000280 Default Hearing Order (post-extension no response).pdf

Douglas Arthur Hall, Petitioner V Township Of Tuscarora, Respondent · 26-000280-TT

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STATE OF MICHIGAN 

 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

GOVERNOR 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

LANSING 

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

DIRECTOR 

 

 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL · 611 W. OTTAWA ST., LANSING, MI 48933 · 517-335-9760 

PO BOX 30232, LANSING, MI 48909 · Other Carriers: 2407 N. GRAND RIVER AVE., LANSING, MI 48906 

Douglas Arthur Hall, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

 

Petitioner, 

SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION 

 

v 

 

MTT Docket No. 26-000280 

 

Tuscarora Township, 

 

Presiding Judge 

Respondent. 

 

Patricia L .Halm 

 

ORDER FOR DEFAULT HEARING 

 

The Tribunal has considered the file in this case and finds that Respondent was placed 

in default on May 7, 2026, because Respondent failed to file an answer. The Tribunal 

extended the time for Respondent to cure the default by an additional 14 days on June 

2, 2026, and it has failed to respond or submit the required filing(s). Given this failure, 

the Tribunal finds that Respondent’s violation was willful. It also establishes a history of 

deliberate delay and refusing to comply with Tribunal rules and orders, both of which 

have prejudiced Petitioner. As a result, giving careful consideration to the Grimm 

factors and considering all options in determining what sanction is just and proper, the 

Tribunal finds that scheduling a default hearing is warranted, and a lesser sanction 

would not be appropriate or better serve the interests of justice.1 Therefore, 

 

IT IS ORDERED that a default hearing shall be scheduled in the normal course.2 

 

 

 

Entered: June 26, 2026 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Patricia L. Halm 

kac 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 See Grimm v Dep’t of Treasury, 291 Mich App 140 (2010). Though Grimm was specific to the sanction 

of dismissal, the cases cited by the Court, and the reasoning behind its adoption of the factors set forth 

therein are not so narrow. The factors apply equally to default judgements, or in the case of the Tribunal 

proceedings, the conducting of a default hearing. See Bass v Combs, 238 Mich App 16 (1999), overruled 

in part on other grounds by Dimmitt & Owens Fin, Inc v Deloitte & Touche (ISC), LLC, 481 Mich 618 

(2008), Vicencio v Ramirez, 211 Mich App 501 (1995), and Traxler v Ford Motor Co, 227 Mich App 276 

(1998). See also TTR 237. 

2 A “default hearing" is “a hearing at which the defaulted party is precluded from presenting any testimony, 

offering any evidence, and examining the other party's witnesses.” TTR 203(e).

MTT Docket No. 26-000280 

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PROOF OF SERVICE 

 

I certify that a copy of the foregoing was sent on the entry date indicated above to the 

parties or their attorneys or authorized representatives, if any, utilizing either the mailing 

or email addresses on file, as provided by those parties, attorneys, or authorized 

representatives. 

 

By: Tribunal Clerk

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