What is the name of your state? MN
I had a Felony Charge that was dismissed back in 1999 after going thru Operation Denovo. I have decided to work with the same attorney who represented me to get this expunged of my record. I have been working on this since April of 2004. My attorney is advising me that she is having a hard time getting my request past the Judge's clerk to sign off on the appropriate paperwork to grant my expungment, because the clerk does not quite understand my case. This happened in MN and I know live in TX. I'm getting very frustrated since here it is 8 months later and my case is still pending. I have followed up with my attorney every week for the past 8 months and keep being told that it's pending. My questions are:
1) Is normal for an expungement to take this long?
2) Could there be a possibility that my attorney is dragging her feet on this?
3) Are clerks allowed to dictate what a judge review and not review?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm really at the end of my rope with my attorney and ready to move onto another, but want to make sure that is the right choice. Thanks
The case was closed and is no longer pending thru the courts. I do understand the way that the expungment process works and that it does not seal everything and that law enforcement, courts etc will still be able to view it. I'm more concered about my attorney and if she is doing what she needs to do to get this taken care of.
I had a Felony Charge that was dismissed back in 1999 after going thru Operation Denovo. I have decided to work with the same attorney who represented me to get this expunged of my record. I have been working on this since April of 2004. My attorney is advising me that she is having a hard time getting my request past the Judge's clerk to sign off on the appropriate paperwork to grant my expungment, because the clerk does not quite understand my case. This happened in MN and I know live in TX. I'm getting very frustrated since here it is 8 months later and my case is still pending. I have followed up with my attorney every week for the past 8 months and keep being told that it's pending. My questions are:
1) Is normal for an expungement to take this long?
2) Could there be a possibility that my attorney is dragging her feet on this?
3) Are clerks allowed to dictate what a judge review and not review?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm really at the end of my rope with my attorney and ready to move onto another, but want to make sure that is the right choice. Thanks
The case was closed and is no longer pending thru the courts. I do understand the way that the expungment process works and that it does not seal everything and that law enforcement, courts etc will still be able to view it. I'm more concered about my attorney and if she is doing what she needs to do to get this taken care of.