second lawsuit

“pending disposition of the appeal.” On November 15, 2004, the trial court granted the

motion. The order stated that the motion for abatement was granted “for all purposes and

that the present proceeding is abated pending further order of the Court.”

          Although Twist’s first appeal was dismissed on July 7, 2005, no action was taken

in the second lawsuit throughout the end of 2005 and the first half of 2006. On August 1,

2006, the trial court sent notice that it intended to dismiss the second lawsuit for want of

prosecution.7 The court set a hearing on the dismissal for September 19, 2006. At the

hearing, Twist argued that there had been no action in the case during the previous two

years because of theWarden

Donald Langford was appointed warden of Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility (LCMHF) by KDOC Secretary Joe Norwood in October 2016.

Previously, Langford had been deputy warden at Hutchinson Correctional Facility (HCF). Since joining HCF as a corrections officer in 1989, Langford also has held the positions of corrections counselor and corrections manager.