Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the appellant's right to be heard was violated because the first-instance judge decided before the response period expired.
Decisione estratta
No. By filing a response without reserving further submissions, the appellant did not require the court to wait until the original deadline expired.
Motivazione estratta
The first filing was a substantive procedural response. The later clarification arrived only after the decision had already been made. Since no further submissions were expressly reserved, the judge could decide without awaiting the deadline; any defect would in any event have been curable on appeal.