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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Hudson, on review, grants the Masonic Lodge’s motion to dismiss the lodge member’s appeal of the circuit court’s dismissal of his complaint against it for failure to file a complete record. The lodge member seeks a writ of certiorari to complete the record. The court reporter’s statement as to the hearing’s being “short” did not indicate that she could prepare the transcript within 90 days. The reference was to the expected cost for the transcript, not the time it would take her to prepare it. This does not concur with the lodge member’s argument that an extension was unavailable because his ethical obligations prevented him from requesting one. He failed to obtain an extension or to demonstrate that he was unable to do so. The appeals court order is vacated. The lodge member’s motion for writ of certiorari to complete the record is denied. The lodge’s motion to dismiss the appeal is granted.