What the Record Establishes
- The record: the administrative authority who received repeated, device-confirmed preservation notices.
- Named source: July 16 Chief Judge administrative-preservation notice.
- Device history: 10 fax attempts labeled Chief Judge Daniel B. Shanes: 8 Delivered, 2 Failed.
What They Have Not Produced
- Written confirmation that a litigation hold was implemented after eight delivered notices.
- The Odyssey audit log and eCourt server and access logs.
- Whether preservation instructions accompanied the July 1 representation request.
The Power This Office Actually Holds
The Chief Judge holds administrative authority over the circuit: judicial assignments, court operations, and the technical systems that record filings, generate docket entries, and host remote proceedings. Preservation of court-controlled records runs through this office.
- Administers circuit court operations and judicial assignments
- Holds administrative authority over court-controlled technical records
- Routes representation requests for judicial and probation personnel
- Is the office to which preservation demands for court systems are directed
The notices were sent, and the device says they arrived. As Chief Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Daniel B. Shanes is the administrative authority asked, in a non-merits capacity, to route and preserve court-controlled technical records for the eCourt incident. The fax history records ten attempts labeled to his office — eight marked Delivered. The full accounting is on the Silence Ledger.
The duty the notices triggered
Documented notice of relevant electronically stored information triggers a preservation duty under Rule 37(e). The records at issue — the Odyssey audit log, the eCourt server and access logs — sit inside the court system this office administers.
What this profile states
It states the dated notices, the device-reported delivery statuses, and the preservation duty they carry. It does not assert a merits ruling or personal misconduct the record has not established. The accountability question is concrete: the notices were delivered; the preserved records were requested; the response set is empty.
Still Not Produced
Each of these records exists inside a government system. Each has been requested. None has been supplied.
- Written confirmation that a litigation hold was implemented after eight delivered notices.
- The Odyssey audit log and eCourt server and access logs.
- Whether preservation instructions accompanied the July 1 representation request.
If any of it is produced, or if Daniel B. Shanes disputes a documented fact on this page, the response will be published here in full, with its date. Read the correction standard.
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