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Today marks a pivotal moment for Flathead County District Judge Dan Wilson. As a candidate for the upcoming Montana Supreme Court vacancy, Wilson begins a process that will either expose him as another spoke in the wheel of corruption—or reveal him as a viable challenger who recognized his mistake and corrected it.
As previously reported by this outlet, Kalispell businessman Dennis Thornton recently filed a motion in Judge Dan Wilson’s court to vacate Wilson’s 2018 judgment against him. The motion cites a voluminous body of evidence showing that Thornton’s mortgage was fully satisfied in a 2016 ruling in his favor, with prejudice, which means Wilson should never have reopened the case in the first place.
For Wilson, the Thornton case is a proverbial “fork in the road,” as WCU, nor their attorneys, answered Thornton’s complaint in the required time. The inaction by the defendant to answer Thornton’s complaint gives him a win by default, and positions Wilson to have no choice, under law, but to sign Thornton’s Motion for Default Unopposed Judgement.
Under Rules 55(a) and (b)(2), default judgment must be entered as a matter of law. The Court may deem all allegations in the Motion to Vacate admitted. See Brilz v. Metropolitan Gen. Ins. Co., 2012 MT 184, ¶ 22, 366 Mont. 78, 285 P.3d 494.
You can view a copy of the most recent Motion for Default Unopposed Judgement by clicking here.
As a side note, if Judge Wilson declines to recognize Thornton’s motion or marshals any form of resistance, it will undoubtedly be yet another attempt to shield his close associate, Sean Frampton, who faces multiple long prison sentences if the crimes he’s allegedly committed are ever prosecuted.
The ball is in your court Judge Wilson. Will you stand for law and order, or are you just another crook in a robe?
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This will demonstrate whether Wilson is a man of character or not.
Let’s hope he’s honest about his earlier mistake and validates the Thorntons’ motion
This judge will never change his corrupt ways and there is so much I can personally say and show about him over my own case he grossly allowed a factual child pedophile and child abusing/ spouse abuse and animal abusing human beings let go and able to be alone with children with full custody even after factual history yet to treat a no criminal record or history of abuse person as a criminal is absolutely sick and wrong in all ways. Facts and evidence mean nothing to this guy and it’s his choice above all others as he has done one of corrupt support to not be held accountable for his poor and unprofessional choices etc. I know of many cases this guy has done in HIS way regardless of actual justice.