25-000849 Sever Remove Def Consol.pdf

Onesky 8 & Lahser Properties, LLC, Petitioner Vs. City Of Detroit, Respondent · 25-003930-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 

Onesky 8 & Lahser Properties LLC, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

 

Petitioner, 

 

 

v 

 

MTT Docket Nos. 25-000849 

 

 

& 25-003930 

 

City of Detroit, 

 

Presiding Judge 

Respondent. 

 

Patricia L. Halm 

 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO SEVER 

 

ORDER SEVERING PARCEL NO 22019029.016L AND ASSIGNING IT TO 

DOCKET NO 25-003930 

 

ORDER PLACING PETITIONER IN DEFAULT IN DOCKET NO 25-000849 

 

ORDER PLACING PETITIONER IN DEFAULT IN DOCKET NO 25-003930 

 

ORDER REMOVING CASE FROM AUGUST 3 - 14, 2026 PREHEARING GENERAL 

CALL 

 

ORDER PLACING CASE ON OCTOBER 16 - 30, 2026 PREHEARING GENERAL 

CALL 

 

ORDER PLACING JOINT MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE IN ABEYANCE 

 

On January 30, 2026, the parties jointly filed a motion requesting that the Tribunal sever 

this appeal into two appeals because the parcels at issue are not contiguous and then 

allow for the consolidation of the severed appeals. 

 

The Tribunal has considered the motions and the case file and finds that the parties 

have shown good cause to sever the parcels under appeal into separate dockets. A 

petition may not cover more than one assessed parcel of real property unless the 

parcels are contiguous and within a single assessing unit.1 As a result, the petition filed 

on April 30, 2025, is not properly pending. 

 

Further, and as indicated in the parties’ motion, consolidation may be appropriate under 

MCR 2.505. However, consideration of that motion is premature prior to the filing of 

pleadings and defenses in the cases’ respective amended petitions and answers. The 

Motion to Consolidate shall be placed in abeyance. 

 

 

1 TTR 233(2)(a).

MTT Docket Nos. 25-000849 & 25-003930 

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The Tribunal also finds that issuing a sua sponte order extending Docket No. 25-000849 

to a future Prehearing General Call is appropriate because of the identified procedural 

defects and the effect of the potential timing to cure those defects upon the filing 

deadlines. Therefore, 

 

IT IS ORDERED that the joint Motion to Sever is GRANTED. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s 2025 assessment appeal for Parcel No. 

22019029.016L is SEVERED and ASSIGNED to Docket No. 25-003930. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is PLACED IN DEFAULT in Docket No. 25-

000849. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall cure the default in Docket No. 25-

000849 by filing an amended petition related solely to Parcel No. 22113599 and proof of 

service of that amended petition upon all parties in interest as required by TTR 227(6). 

The foregoing shall be filed within 14 days of this order. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall file an answer in Docket No. 25-

000849 within 28 days of service of the amended petition as required by TTR 235(1). 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is PLACED IN DEFAULT in Docket No. 25-

003930. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall cure the default in Docket No. 25-

003930 by filing a petition related solely to Parcel No. 22019029.016L, the required 

petition filing fee, and proof of service of that petition upon all parties in interest as 

required by TTR 227(6). The foregoing shall be filed within 14 days of entry of this 

order. The petition shall note the docket number assigned by the Tribunal and, if filed 

utilizing the Tribunal’s e-filing system, must be filed on the assigned docket as a 

“Severed Petition.”2 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall file an answer within 28 days of 

service of the petition in Docket No. 25-003930 as required by TTR 235(1). 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case is REMOVED from the August 3 - 14, 2026 

Prehearing General Call. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case is PLACED on the October 16 - 30, 2026 

Prehearing General Call. 

 

 

2 Alternatively, the petition may be downloaded from the Tribunal’s website and mailed to the Tribunal via 

United States Postal Service at: Michigan Tax Tribunal, PO BOX 30232, Lansing, MI 48909. The petition 

may also be delivered to the Tribunal via overnight carrier (UPS, FedEx, or DHL) at: Michigan Tax 

Tribunal, 2nd Floor MTT, 2407 N. Grand River Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933.

MTT Docket Nos. 25-000849 & 25-003930 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file and exchange their valuation 

disclosures by June 22, 2026. Valuation disclosures will not be admitted into evidence 

unless disclosed and furnished in accordance with this order (even though admissible) 

except upon a finding of good cause by the Tribunal. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file and exchange their prehearing 

statements by June 22, 2026. Witnesses, with the exception of rebuttal witnesses, will 

not be allowed to testify unless disclosed in the Prehearing Statement and the 

Prehearing Statement is furnished in accordance with this order except upon a finding 

of good cause by the Tribunal. Failure to file the Prehearing Statement will result in 

holding a party or parties in default, as provided by TTR 237. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that “Pre-Valuation Disclosure” discovery is CLOSED on 

June 22, 2026, which means all discovery has been requested, all motions to compel 

have been filed, and all requested or ordered discovery has been exchanged by that 

date. Discovery relative to the valuation disclosure prepared for purposes of litigating 

this case or the valuation expert that prepared that valuation disclosure is not permitted 

during “Pre-Valuation Disclosure” discovery. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that “Post-Valuation Disclosure” discovery is CLOSED on 

October 16, 2026, which means all discovery has been requested, all motions to compel 

have been filed, and all requested or ordered discovery has been exchanged by that 

date. “Post-Valuation Disclosure” discovery is limited to the opposing party’s valuation 

disclosure, the opposing party’s valuation expert, and the witnesses identified in the 

opposing party’s prehearing statement. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a case listed on this call that is not scheduled for a 

date certain Prehearing Conference during the time frame indicated above may be 

scheduled for a date certain Prehearing Conference at any time subsequent to the 

completion date for this Prehearing General Call. Parties will, however, be notified in 

writing approximately one week before they are scheduled to appear. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the joint Motion to Consolidate is PLACED IN 

ABEYANCE. 

 

Failure to comply with this order will result in Petitioner being required to file a motion to 

set aside the default (with appropriate filing fee) in the appropriate docket(s). 

 

 

 

Entered: February 10, 2026 

 

 

By _____________________________ 

bw/gc

MTT Docket Nos. 25-000849 & 25-003930 

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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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