Harding v. Hancock · Case No. 260402421Return to record →
Narrative docket · motions · rulings · schedule

Motions, rulings, and the schedule that drove the case.

This page turns the file history into a readable docket story. It tracks what was filed, what the court appears to have done, and which deadlines mattered. Each legal citation on this page links to a narrative explanation in Citation Notes rather than dropping the reader into a bare string cite.

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I

Docket at a glance

What was filed · what was ordered · what remains uncertain in the current site materials
June 29, 2026

Motion to Set Aside Writ of Restitution

Filed after the June 26 hearing and June 27 writ. The motion attacks the hearing based on the written continuance agreement, the lack of an entered merits judgment, and service problems. It also invokes the enforcement-hearing mechanism in Utah Code section 78B-6-812(5).

Filed
July 1, 2026

Request for hearing regarding enforcement

The file history treats this as the separate statutory request under section 78B-6-812(5). The important limitation is that the request itself does not stay the writ; the stay discussion runs through section 78B-6-812(2)(b) and bond practice.

Filed
July 4–8, 2026

Emergency stay package

The workspace contains a drafted emergency stay package and, on July 8, a file named Order Granting Motion to Stay Execution. But the version in the site materials still reads as a proposed order, and no conformed NEF or signed PDF appears alongside it.

Drafted / unconfirmed order
July 5–6, 2026

Amended-answer and lis pendens path

The file history shows a push to amend under URCP 15(a)(1)(B) and to anchor real-property claims for a potential lis pendens fight under Utah Code section 78B-6-1303.

Prepared for filing
July 8, 2026

Sanctions brief

The newest writing work in the folder reframes the June 24 continuance issue as a sanctions problem under Rule 16(d) and the Utah analogy discussed in Hall v. NACM Intermountain.

Drafted

How to read status labels here: this page describes the record currently visible in the website workspace. When the folder contains only a draft, a proposed order, or a narrative assertion elsewhere on the site, that limitation is stated instead of treating the item as fully confirmed court action.

II

The motion-by-motion narrative

What each filing was trying to do, and why it mattered at that moment
June 29, 2026

Motion to Set Aside Writ of Restitution

This is the first major post-writ filing. In the July 4 case export, it is described as asking the court to vacate the writ, alternatively to set the enforcement hearing under section 78B-6-812(5), and to award fees. The motion narrative hinges on the written June 24 stipulation, the one-minute June 26 hearing, the fact that the minutes say the court reserved all other claims, and service defects in how the writ was left at the store.

July 1, 2026

Request for hearing regarding enforcement of the writ

This request matters because the writ itself advised Jerry of a right to challenge the terms or manner of enforcement. But the site materials repeatedly emphasize the same practical limit: a hearing request alone does not freeze enforcement. The cited structure is 78B-6-812(5) for the hearing, paired with 78B-6-812(2)(b) for the stay-and-bond problem.

July 4–6, 2026

Emergency motion to stay enforcement of the writ

The emergency stay package was drafted because the earlier filings had not actually asked the court to pause the lockout. The package tied the stay request to the pending set-aside motion, the statutory enforcement hearing, and a bond offer. In the internal guidance, this was described as the filing that could preserve the status quo while the court sorted out the merits.

July 5–6, 2026

Motion for leave and amended answer strategy

The amended-answer track was about more than pleading polish. It was meant to preserve the lease-renewal case, assert the corporate-property and service defenses, and support a real-property claim strong enough to resist expungement under section 78B-6-1303. The time pressure came from URCP 15(a)(1)(B), which the workspace treated as expiring on July 6.

July 8, 2026

Sanctions framing after the continuance problem

By July 8, the latest drafting had shifted into a sanctions theory: if Plaintiff's side agreed in writing to continue the June 26 hearing, then went forward anyway without clearly withdrawing that agreement, the issue becomes not just equity but case-management misconduct. That is why the new page links the sanctions story to Rule 16(d), Hall, and the bad-faith fee backdrop of section 78B-5-825.

III

Rulings and court actions

What the court record appears to show, versus what the site only shows in draft form
June 26, 2026

Occupancy hearing held

The June 26 minutes, as summarized throughout the workspace, show a hearing lasting about one minute. The court granted a five-day order of restitution and reserved all other claims. The site narrative repeatedly treats the absence of an entered final merits judgment as a key procedural point behind later motions.

June 27, 2026 · 3:18 PM

Writ of restitution signed

This is the clearest documented ruling in the record after the June 26 hearing. Once the writ was signed, the fight changed from hearing preparation to emergency post-writ motion practice under section 78B-6-812.

July 6, 2026

Lockout described as executed

The site timeline in the authorized record says the constable executed the lockout on July 6 and posted a DO NOT ENTER — criminal trespass notice. That is presented as a narrative fact on the record page and is also reinforced by lockout-photo assets added to the website folder on July 6.

July 8, 2026

Order granting stay execution file appears, but remains unconfirmed here

A document named Order Granting Motion to Stay Execution was added to Court Docs on July 8. But in the current file set it still reads like a proposed order, includes draft-style formatting issues, and is not accompanied by a conformed notice of electronic filing or signed court PDF. Until a cleaner court version appears, this page treats it as a signal of draft work, not a confirmed ruling.

IV

Schedule and deadline map

The dates that governed the case, as reflected in the site materials
DateEventWhy it mattered
June 26, 2026Occupancy hearingThe hearing that should have been continued under the June 24 written agreement, but instead produced the order-of-restitution path.
June 27, 2026Writ signedThis is the order that triggered emergency enforcement practice under section 78B-6-812.
June 29, 2026Motion to set aside filedThe first post-writ attempt to unwind the result of the June 26 hearing.
July 1, 2026Request for enforcement hearing filedThe file history treats this as the start of the ten-calendar-day setting window under section 78B-6-812(5).
By July 11, 2026Statutory hearing-setting deadlineIf the July 1 request remained operative as described, the court had to set the hearing within ten calendar days.
July 6, 2026Amendment deadline identified in workspaceThe site materials repeatedly mark this as the last day to amend as of right under URCP 15(a)(1)(B).
July 7, 2026 · 1:00 PMHearing slot appears inside proposed stay orderThis date appears in the July 8 stay-order file, but because the site does not yet show a conformed court notice, it should be read here as an internal/documentary clue rather than a fully confirmed schedule entry.
July 8, 2026Sanctions brief drafts appearThe latest drafting shifts focus from pure emergency stay mechanics to the consequences of the continuance breakdown.

The case changed shape every time the schedule changed shape.

From renewal dispute · to writ emergency · to sanctions theory

Read straight through, the docket does not look like a normal sequence of landlord-tenant filings. It looks like a renewal dispute that became an emergency writ fight, then turned again into a record about notice, scheduling, and whether one side used procedure to get possession before the underlying claims could be heard. That is why the citations on this page matter: each one explains a different lever in that progression.