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Defendant Robbin G. Stewart, pro se, requests Plaintiff admit or deny within 30 days:

1. Admit the animal was on Defendant's private property during the incident.
2. Admit the animal was enclosed by a fence or structure during the incident.
3. Admit Plaintiff lacks video proof of the animal outside Defendant's property.
4. Admit the victim entered Defendant's property without a legal invitation.
5. Admit Defendant provided a valid rabies certificate to IACS investigators.

Dated: May 28, 2026               Respectfully submitted,

                                  ______________________________
                                  Robbin G. Stewart, Defendant Pro Se
                                  [Your Address]
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Document 2: Request for Production of Documents
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STATE OF INDIANA  )               IN THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT 33
                  ) SS:           CIVIL FILING DIVISION
COUNTY OF MARION  )               CASE NO: 49D33-2603-OV-010695

CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS,
      Plaintiff,
v.
ROBBIN G. STEWART,
      Defendant.

DEFENDANT’S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

Defendant Robbin G. Stewart, pro se, requests Plaintiff produce within 30 days:

1. The complete, unredacted IACS Bite Report and officer field notes.
2. All body camera, dashcam, or photographic evidence from the scene.
3. All written or recorded statements from the victim and witnesses.
4. Medical or veterinary records proving the alleged "attack and injury."
5. Any proof or record showing a lack of current rabies vaccination.

Dated: May 28, 2026               Respectfully submitted,

                                  ______________________________
                                  Robbin G. Stewart, Defendant Pro Se
                                  [Your Address]
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Your Deadline Action
Your trial is June 15. Because 30-day discovery windows overlap with this date, you must mail these directly to the City Attorney (Hannah Lynette Hulsey) immediately.

 

Defendant Robbin G. Stewart, pro se, requests Plaintiff admit or deny within 30 days:

1. Admit the animal was on Defendant's private property during the incident.
2. Admit the animal was enclosed by a fence or structure during the incident.
3. Admit Plaintiff lacks video proof of the animal outside Defendant's property.
4. Admit the victim entered Defendant's property without a legal invitation.
5. Admit Defendant provided a valid rabies certificate to IACS investigators.

Dated: May 28, 2026               Respectfully submitted,

                                  ______________________________
                                  Robbin G. Stewart, Defendant Pro Se
                                  [Your Address]
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Document 2: Request for Production of Documents
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STATE OF INDIANA  )               IN THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT 33
                  ) SS:           CIVIL FILING DIVISION
COUNTY OF MARION  )               CASE NO: 49D33-2603-OV-010695

CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS,
      Plaintiff,
v.
ROBBIN G. STEWART,
      Defendant.

DEFENDANT’S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

Defendant Robbin G. Stewart, pro se, requests Plaintiff produce within 30 days:

1. The complete, unredacted IACS Bite Report and officer field notes.
2. All body camera, dashcam, or photographic evidence from the scene.
3. All written or recorded statements from the victim and witnesses.
4. Medical or veterinary records proving the alleged "attack and injury."
5. Any proof or record showing a lack of current rabies vaccination.

Dated: May 28, 2026               Respectfully submitted,

                                  ______________________________
                                  Robbin G. Stewart, Defendant Pro Se
                                  [Your Address]
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Your Deadline Action
Your trial is June 15. Because 30-day discovery windows overlap with this date, you must mail these directly to the City Attorney (Hannah Lynette Hulsey) immediately.

 The Supreme Court Anchor: Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982). The Court established that when the state moves to execute an irreversible or severe deprivation of a fundamental private interest, a standard of proof higher than a mere preponderance is constitutionally compelled. The preponderance tier is strictly reserved for standard monetary suits between private parties where the risk of error is shared equally.

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  • The Precedent: Civil Commitment of T.K. v. Department of Mental Health, 27 N.E.3d 271, 273 (Ind. 2015).
  • The Rule: The Indiana Supreme

  • The Quasi-Criminal Classification: Matter of G.Y., 904 N.E.2d 1257 (Ind. 2009). The Indiana Supreme Court explicitly recognizes that civil-rule proceedings that are penal in substance require heightened protections because the state is executing a sovereign deprivation rather than resolving a peer-to-peer asset dispute. [1]

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    STATE OF INDIANA   )              IN THE MARION COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
                       ) SS:          TRAFFIC / MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE DIVISION
    COUNTY OF MARION   )              MARION COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 33
    
    CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS,             )
                                      )
          Plaintiff,                  )
                                      )
    v.                                )   CASE NO. 49D33-2411-OV-041405
                                      )
    ROBBIN STEWART,                   )
                                      )
          Defendant.                  )
    
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    ### DEFENDANT’S REQUEST FOR STIPULATION OF FACTS TO PLAINTIFF
    
    The Defendant, Robbin Stewart, pro se, requests that the Plaintiff, City of 
    Indianapolis, by counsel Hannah Lynette Hulsey, Assistant City Prosecutor, 
    admit or deny the following Stipulations of Fact within thirty (30) days of 
    service. 
    
    Pursuant to Indiana practice, these stipulations are served directly upon 
    counsel of record to narrow the issues for trial and simplify the record:
    
    #### I. IDENTITY, STATUS, AND OWNERSHIP OF THE ANIMAL
    
    1. The companion animal at the center of this ordinance enforcement action is a 
    dog named Chico.
    
    2. At all relevant times, the legal owner of Chico was an individual named 
    Rocco, whose current whereabouts are unknown.
    
    3. Alternatively, at all relevant times, Chico belonged to Dawn Young, residing 
    at 4015 E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    
    4. Defendant Robbin Stewart resides at the same 4015 E. Washington Street 
    address and walks Chico, but Defendant states that Chico is not his dog and 
    Defendant does not know whose dog Chico is.
    
    5. At the time of the underlying occurrences, Defendant Robbin Stewart's 
    relationship to Chico was strictly limited to that of a temporary custodian.
    
    6. Under Indiana statutory law and common law, a domestic dog is legally 
    classified as personal property or chattel, and an animal lacks independent 
    legal standing to sue or be sued. 
    
    7. Defendant Robbin Stewart, appearing pro se, asserts his own independent 
    constitutional and economic rights in this action, while simultaneously acting 
    as a protective stand-in for the status and survival interests of Chico, who is 
    the real party in interest affected by the City's operational penalties.
    
    #### II. THE EXTORTION SCHEME AND ARMED CONFRONTATION
    
    8. Prior to the issuance of the municipal citation, while Dawn Young was acting 
    as Chico’s owner and caretaker, Chico is alleged to have caused minor property 
    damage to the complaining witness (the neighbor/alleged victim).
    
    9. Based on this alleged property damage, the complaining witness issued an 
    unlawful demand to Defendant Stewart for a cash payment of $100. Defendant 
    Stewart refused to pay.
    
    10. While the complaining witness may have initially possessed a colorable, 
    legitimate civil claim for property damage against Defendant Stewart as a 
    resident or property controller, any such legitimate claim was entirely 
    forfeited and offset the moment the complaining witness visibly displayed a 
    firearm to threaten Defendant Stewart.
    
    11. Following the complaining witness's display of the firearm, Defendant 
    Stewart sought immediate protective backup from two individuals known as 
    "Batman" and "Dusty." 
    
    12. During the ensuing confrontation, "Batman" was armed with a machete, and 
    "Dusty" was positioned on-scene as potential armed or unarmed backup. 
    
    13. Faced with this immediate defensive intervention, the complaining witness 
    backed down and retreated from the immediate physical confrontation.
    
    14. As a direct consequence of this life-threatening event, Defendant Stewart 
    remains under a non-monetary, personal obligation to "Batman" and "Dusty" for 
    risking their lives to protect his safety.
    
    15. Following the armed standoff, the complaining witness has refused to engage 
    in legitimate, peaceful civil settlement discussions. Instead, the complaining 
    witness has twice issued subsequent demands for money to Defendant Stewart, 
    constituting an ongoing, violent extortion scheme under color of threat rather 
    than a legitimate settlement discussion.
    
    16. The complaining witness has further maintained a continuous pattern of 
    taunting and threatening Chico.
    
    #### III. THE FABRICATED BITING INCIDENT AND POLICE RESPONSE
    
    17. On the day following the armed standoff and extortion refusal, Chico is 
    alleged to have bit the complaining witness. 
    
    18. Defendant Stewart was not present during this second encounter, did not 
    observe the alleged biting incident, and possesses no first-hand, personal 
    knowledge of the facts of the encounter. All details regarding the alleged 
    bite constitute out-of-court hearsay reported by third parties.
    
    19. According to third-party reports, Chico was acting protectively to defend 
    the property and Defendant Stewart’s interests at the exact time the 
    complaining witness approached to threaten and taunt the animal.
    
    20. Upon being served with the municipal citation by the responding police 
    officer, Defendant Stewart insisted that the officer return to the physical 
    scene, take an official report, and open an investigation into the complaining 
    witness for criminal elder abuse.
    
    21. The responding police officer and the responding animal control officer are 
    distinct and separate individuals. 
    
    22. The specific details and narrative regarding the elder abuse report and the 
    prior day's firearm threat are within the possession of the Indianapolis 
    Metropolitan Police Department and should be contained inside the official 
    police report.
    
    23. As of the date of this request, the Plaintiff City has failed to produce 
    or tender the complete police report to Defendant Stewart.
    
    ***
    
    Respectfully submitted,
    
    _________________________________________
    Robbin Stewart, Defendant Pro Se
    4015 E. Washington Street
    Indianapolis, IN 46201
    
    ***
    
    ### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
    
    I hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of the foregoing document was 
    served upon the following counsel of record via the Indiana Electronic Filing 
    System (IEFS) [or specify alternative delivery method] this _____ day of 
    ________________, 2026:
    
    Hannah Lynette Hulsey, Assistant City Prosecutor
    Office of Corporation Counsel, City of Indianapolis
    200 E. Washington Street, Suite 1601
    Indianapolis, IN 46204
    
    _________________________________________
    Robbin Stewart, Defendant Pro Se
    
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    Corrections Applied:
    • Omitted Paragraphs: Former structural arguments (Paragraphs 8 and 9) have been entirely removed.
    • Verbiage Streamlined: In Paragraph 20 (formerly 22), the duplicate word "demanded" has been removed, keeping only "insisted."
    • Officer Roles Separated: A new Paragraph 21 has been added to explicitly clarify that the police officer and the animal control officer are distinct individuals.
    Please copy and save this corrected document into your Word or Text editor file to ensure it is locked in for your Friday preparation.
    To finalise the paperwork, let me know if you would like me to draft the standard Notice of Service of Discovery/Stipulations to officially file with the Court 33 Clerk.
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    You said: if the state intends to coniue, we will need depositions of victim, animal control officer and police officer. draft a memo to o c asking how we best set that up
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    MEMORANDUM
    
    TO:       Hannah Lynette Hulsey, Assistant City Prosecutor
              Office of Corporation Counsel, City of Indianapolis
    FROM:     Robbin Stewart, Defendant Pro Se
    DATE:     May 28, 2026
    RE:       Deposition Scheduling Coordination / Case Status
              City of Indianapolis v. Robbin Stewart, Case No. 49D33-2411-OV-041405
    
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    Ms. Hulsey,
    
    If the City intends to continue with the prosecution of this ordinance 
    violation, the Defendant will require the oral depositions of three material 
    witnesses to properly prepare his defense:
    
    1. The complaining witness (the neighbor/alleged victim);
    2. The responding Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer; and
    3. The responding Indianapolis Animal Care Services animal control officer.
    
    Pursuant to the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure, please advise as to how your 
    office would best prefer to coordinate and set up the scheduling for these 
    examinations. 
    
    Please provide the upcoming availability of the city officials, as well as any 
    known scheduling parameters or preferred dates for the complaining witness, so 
    we may locate a mutually convenient time and location for all parties within 
    the next thirty (30) days.
    
    If the City requires the issuance of formal subpoenas under Trial Rule 45 to 
    secure the attendance of the non-party complaining witness, please indicate if 
    your office will accept service on his behalf or if independent service is 
    necessary. 
    
    I look forward to your prompt response so we can establish an orderly discovery 
    timeline and avoid unnecessary motion practice before Court 33.
    
    Respectfully submitted,
    
    _________________________________________
    Robbin Stewart, Defendant Pro Se
    4015 E. Washington Street
    Indianapolis, IN 46201
    
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    Please copy and save this memorandum block into your case management files alongside your requests for stipulations. It provides a formal, paper-trail notification that satisfies your duty to cooperate under the civil discovery rules before you file any motions with the judge.
    To move forward with your scheduling for the weekend, do you want me to draft the standard Notices of Deposition or the Subpoena Duces Tecum forms to have ready in case she fails to provide dates?
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