Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
B E T W E E N:
Jeffrey Johnston
Applicant
-and-
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Respondent
INTERIM DECISION
Adjudicator: Eli Fellman
Indexed as: Johnston v. Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services)
1The Tribunal consolidated these two Applications on March 6, 2015.
2In its Response to Application 2014-19431-I, the respondent requested that the proceeding be dismissed on the basis that the applicant signed a full and final release with respect to the same matter.
3The Registrar wrote to the applicant on March 17, 2015 advising him that he must respond to the request to dismiss the Application by filing a Response to Request for Order During Proceedings (Form 11) by March 31, 2015. The letter advises the applicant that if he does not respond by the deadline, the Tribunal may consider this failure to respond as abandonment of the Application and dismiss the Application for that reason.
4The applicant asked to extend the time for filing the Form 11 until April 27, 2015. The Tribunal granted this request.
5It is now well past April 27, 2015 and the Tribunal has not received a Form 11 or other written submission from the applicant responding to the request to dismiss.
6In the circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned his Application in file 2014-19431-I and that Application is dismissed. The Application in Tribunal file 2015-19922-S will continue to be processed.
7I am not seized.
Dated at Toronto, this 19th day of May, 2015.
"Signed by"
Eli Fellman
Vice-chair