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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA

CIVIL DIVISION

NEIL GILLESPIE

Pla in t i f f Case No.: 05CA7205

Divis ion : F

vs .

BARKER RODEMS & COOK P.A.

a Flor ida corpora t ion; and

WILLIAM J . COOK

Defendants.

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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

BEFORE: Honorable Richard A. Niel sen

Circu i t Judge

TAKEN AT: Hil lsborough County CourthouseTampa Florida

DATE: June 28 2006

TIME: 3:30 p.m.

REPORTER:Will iam HerrmannCourt Reporter

Notary PublicSta te of Flor ida a t Large

Ber ryh i l l & Assoc ia tes Inc.813-229-8225



APPEARANCES

RYAN CHRISTOPHER RODEMS, ESQUIRE

Barker, Rodems & Cook, PA

400 North Ashley Drive, Sui te 2100

Tampa, FL 33602

NEIL J . GILLESPIE, (pro se l i t i gan t )

8092 SW 115 t Loop

Ocala , Flor ida 34481



INDEX

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Appearances 2

Index 3

Proceed ings 4

e r t i f i c a t e o f eporter 23



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PROCEEDINGS

THE COURT: What case?

MR RODEMS:Your Honor, t h i s i s G i l l e s p i e v.

Barker and J . Cook, William J . Cook.

THE COURT: All r igh t , what s up for today?

MR RODEMS: Your Honor, the f i r s t motion i s

the defendant s Motion to Compel Discovery and to

cont inue p l a i n t i f f s hearing on his Motion for

Summary Judgment. That was served, I be l i eve , on

May 11 t•

THE COURT: Yes, s i r , I see t ha t . And go

ahead.

MR RODEMS: All r igh t . Your Honor, Chris

Rodems for defendants . On June - - on March 28 t

2006, we served some i n t e r roga to r i e s and a Request

for Product ion on Mr. Gi l l esp ie . We d i d n t

5 treceive a response. On May of 2006, I sent an

e-mai l to Mr. Gil lesp ie advis ing him t ha t the

in te r roga tor ie s were overdue and it s our good-

f a i t h e f fo r t to t ry to resolve it. Fina l ly a week

ago, on June 21 s t 2006, very untimely, we

rece ived responses to the i n t e r roga t o r i e s and a

response to the Request for Produc t ion and a

number of object ion to each but , of course ,

untimely object ions to discovery are waived under





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s ha l l be spec i f ied, closed quote . He d i d n t make

2 those ob jec t i ons in h i s Apri l 29th l e t t e r .

3 He a l so promised in t ha t l e t t e r and d i d n t

4 f u l f i l l t tha t he would send us the responses by

5 May 17 th• I t says, quote - and I m reading from

6 h is l e t t e r which he a t t ached to Exhib i t 3 - to a

7 motion t ha t he f i l ed today, quote , in the

8 a l t e r na t i ve , I wi l l respond to your Request for

9 Product ion by mail ing copies of the i tems

1 reques ted , comma sub jec t to ob jec t ion , comma, by

May 15 t 2006, c losed quote. That d id not

12 happen. He a l so made the same promise about the

13 i n t e r roga tory answers and t ha t did not happen.

14 So, what we r e seeking today i s an order , Your

15 Honor, compell ing him to respond to the

16 i n t e r r oga to r i e s without the ob jec t ions and for

17 a t t o rn e y s fees . He r a i sed a number of ob jec t ions

18 on pr iv i l ege and t h e r e s some debate, I be l i eve ,

19 st ll in the appe l l a t e cour t s about whether

2 pr i v i l e ge s can be waived by not t imely objec t ing .

21 But regard less of whether they can or cannot , he

d i d n t provide a pr iv i l ege log as r equ i r ed by

23 Flor ida Rule of Civ i l Procedure 1.280 (b) (5) .

4 As fa r as the i n t e r r oga to r i e s , in a number of

25 the answers he says he was r e ly ing on Flo r ida Rule



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of Civ i l Procedure 1.340, sub paren C, which, as

2 Your Honor knows, i s the opt ion to produce

3 records . The only problem was, he d i d n ' t produce

4 any records , d idn ' t make any ava i l ab le to us and

5 d i dn ' t point to us in these unproduced o r

undeclared records where we could f ind the answers

7 to i n t e r ro g a t o r i e s . Ins tead , h is response was,

8 You have these records , and he says we have them

9 from rep re sen t ing him in the pas t . But I would

1 poin t out to the Court two th ings : F i r s t o f a l l ,

11 t h a t ' s not proper procedure under Rule 1 .340(c ) ;

12 you can ' t j u s t say, you a l ready know , t h a t ' s not

13 the way you respond. And second, our

14 r ep resen ta t ion of him ended some four or f ive

IS years ago. So, whatever has happened the l a s t

6 four or f ive years , we c e r t a in ly have no idea

17 about . So, hi s responses are de f i c i e n t in t h a t

18 regard .

19 Now we've a l so moved to con t inue h i s August

1s t2 Motion for Summary Judgment on the ba s i s tha t

21 he h a sn ' t provided the discovery t ha t we've

22 reques ted

23 THE COURT: All r i gh t . Well, we ' l l t ake t ha t

24 up i we have t ime a t the end of t h i s hea r ing .

25 Le t ' s address - - are you through with your



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discovery i ssues?

MR RODEMS: Yes s i r .

3 THE COURT: Mr. Gil lespie?

4 MR GILLESPIE: Good af te rnoon, Judge. I did

5 respond to the defendant s Request for Product ion.

6 Attached i s a - - to my p l a i n t i f f s Motion for an

7 Order of Protec t ion , Exhibi t 3. I address each

area of product ion. This i s in reply to

9 defendan t s Request for Product ion. They were

1 demanding tha t I come to t he i r of f i c e on May the

4U, 2006 a t 9:00 a.m. I objec ted to t h e i r

12 reques t and I t o ld him I wi l l not appear i n h i s

13 of f i c e for any reason due to h is t h r e a t s aga ins t

14 me. And Judge he has asked for a b a i l i f f to be

15 here; for him to ask me to come to h i s of f i ce , I

16 th ink , i s outrageous.

17 I offered to - - in the a l t e rna t i ve , I of fe red

18 to respond to h is reques t by mai l ing copies of the

19 i tems requested subject to ob jec t ion by May 15 t•

20 He never responded to t h i s o ther than to f i l e h is

21 Motion to Compel. And with regard to the

22 in te r roga tor ie s , I gave him the same answer I

23 wil l provide the answers subject to ob jec t ion by

24 May 15 t; again he did not respond to t ha t o ther

25 than to f i l e a Motion to Compel. And he f i l ed



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tha t Motion to Compel before May 15th

• So, when

2 he did tha t , I took tha t as a cons t ruc t ive

re jec t ion of what he was offe r ing - - of what I

4 of fe red him and, therefore , I j u s t responded to

5 his Motion to Compel with t h i s l e t t e r o f

6 pro tec t ion and the responses are a t t ached .

7 I also noted tha t he has - - a l l the i tems

8 requested to which you are e n t i t l e d by way o f your

9 pr i o r r ep resen ta t ion of me. Now Mr. Rodems has

1 t o ld the Court t ha t t h i s was four or f ive years

11 ago and t h a t s t rue , but nothing pe r t i ne n t to t h i s

12 case has happened dur ing t ha t t ime. The mat te r s

3 t ha t he knows about involve fraud and breach of

14 cont rac t are from t ha t t ime per iod .

15 I m asking the Court in my Order of

6 Protect ion to l imi t t he i r tha t the records

7 asked to be produced are kept in Ocala . I f Mr.

18 Rodems wants to view them because he r e j e c t e d my

19 of f e r to send copies , then he can view them a t the

2 Marion County Law Library upon not ice to me. And

21 the law l i b r a ry has f ac i l i t i e s t he re to copy the

22 documents for Mr. Rodems. It s a l so a secure

23 f a c i l i t y with a ba i l i f f present as i s requ i red

24 here .

25 As to the discovery where I invoke the



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a t torney-c l ien t pr iv i l ege , I m going to ask t ha t

2 t ha t discovery be prohib i ted . He s asked for my

3 medical records which bear nothing on t h i s case

4 whatsoever. I v e asked - I v e invoked the

5 doc to r -pa t i en t p r iv i l ege and asked for t ha t

6 discovery to be prohib i ted .

7 As to the discovery I objec ted to , I ask the

8 Court to proh ib i t t ha t discovery and to r e ly on

9 the records under Rule 1.340(c) , opt ion to produce

1 records . The records are a l ready in t h e i r

possess ion and, spec i f ica l ly , those records are

12 the answers to i n t e r roga to r i e s in two cases : That

3 would be the Amscott lawsui t and the Ace l awsu i t .

14 The discovery for produc t ion of documents in those

15 lawsui ts , a depos i t ion on May 14 2001,

16 se t t lement on October 30 t and November p o f 2001

17 and another depos i t ion on October 10 lh 2000 and

18 another se t t lement on June 12 t 2000. I fee l

19 t ha t they have every th ing t ha t t h e y r e e n t i t l e d

20 t o .

21 And I also asked - because Mr. Rodems

22 ind ica ted tha t he in tends to depose Am scot t s

23 a t to rney , Mr. John -

24 THE COURT: Emmanuel.

25 MR GILLESPIE: Pardon?



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THE COURT: Wasn t it Emmanuel?

2 MR GILLESPIE: No it s

3 THE COURT: Pardon me.

4 MR GILLESPIE: - - Mr. Anthony. I asked for a

5 preemptive l e t t e r of pro tec t ion as to the sub jec t

6 mat te r allowed, the t ime, place and s e c ur i t y

7 dura t ion and persons in a t tendance . T h a t s a l l I

8 have to say on tha t and then I have some comments

9 about t he i r Motion to Continue Summary Judgment.

1 THE COURT: Mr. Rodems?

MR RODEMS: All r igh t . Fi r s t o f a l l , Judge,

12 t h i s cont inued a l l ega t ion by Mr. G i l l e s p i e t ha t

13 t h e r e s been a t h r e a t agains t him, t h e r e s been no

14 t h r e a t agains t him; he i s the one t ha t th rea tened

15 me when we had a te lephone conversa t ion and he

16 t o ld me he was going to slam me up aga ins t your

17 hear ing chambers wall . Th a t s never been

18 followed, but he cont inues to repeat it in every

19 plead ing and then, you know, the idea i s t ha t , I

20 guess, i f you ve got j ud i c i a l immunity from what

21 you say - - but the bottom l i ne i s , i s t h a t t h e r e s

22 been nothing but cord ia l behavior on our par t .

23 We ve asked him to send the records to us . He s

24 phras ing t h i s record - - the l e t t e r of Apr i l 29 th

25 as his reques t ; t h e r e s nothing in here t ha t



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reques ts me to do anything. He d i d n t give us the

2 records . He's the one tha t asse r t ed he would send

] them to me by May 15 th • Ei ther way, they were

l a t e . He f i l ed no object ions , he did not f i l e a

5 Motion fo r Continuance, he did not ask me for a

6 cont inuance, he did not f i l e a Motion for

7 Pro tec t ive Order. He j u s t did not do anyth ing

8 un t i l a week ago, knowing t ha t t h i s hear ing was

9 the books by t ha t t ime.

1 As fa r as his argument the records are in our

possess ion, we are en t i t l ed to discovery in t h i s

12 case of the mat te rs t ha t he has. I f he has

13 records tha t he says we can gather a l l the answers

14 t ha t we're seeking, h e s got an ob l iga t ion to

15 produce those . He can t j u s t say, you have them N

16 or you know the answer N; t h a t s not a proper

17 discovery response .

18 We're in a s i t ua t ion here, Judge, where Mr.

19 Gi l l esp ie i s not fol lowing the Flor ida Rules of

2 Civ i l Procedure. And so we're here saying, look,

21 the ru les say 3 days to respond; i you choose to

not respond for severa l months and u n t i l a week

23 before the hearing, you know, we have - - we re

24 e n t i t l e d to have the ru les complied with by Mr.

25 Gi l l esp ie . And we would ask you to ru l e h i s



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objec t ions unt imely as the case law h o l d s , o rd e r

2 him to prov ide the d i scovery . And if you want to

3 s e t a spec ia l procedure for how he can produce the

4 records to us, I d o n t have any problem with t ha t ,

5 but t h a t d o e s n t excuse f a i l i n g to respond to the

6 Request for Product ion u n t i l a week ago or the

i n t e r ro g a t o r i e s un t i l a week ago.

8 MR GILLESPIE: May I respond to t ha t , Judge?

9 THE COURT: Jus t a moment. Mr. Rodems,

1 address the i ssue of the l oca t ion of p roduc t ion in

t h i s s i t u a t i o n where y o u r e ask ing p ro d u c t i o n from

2 the p l a i n t i f f and y o u r e ask ing for it to be

3 produced in Hil lsborough County.

14 MR RODEMS: Well , the - he brought the case

5 in Hil lsborough County, Mr. G i l l e s p i e d id . And we

16 t h ink it s ap p ro p r i a t e s ince t h i s i s - obviously

7 hear ing t h i s case in Hil lsborough County, we t h ink

18 it s appropr ia te to have the records t h a t we ve

9 reques ted produced here . I f he wants to charge us

2 15 cen t s a page, if the records d o n t exceed 1,000

2 pages , w e l l be happy to pay 15 cen t s if he can

22 send us cop ies . I have no o b j e c t i o n to t h a t as a

23 procedure . You know, so t h a t s p e r f e c t l y f ine .

24 THE COURT: All r i g h t . As to the ob jec t ions ,

25 those are over ru led as being unt imely f i l e d .



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MR GILLESPIE: Judge, can I

2 THE COURT: No s i r . Let me f i n i sh my ru l ing ,

3 s i r . The way it opera tes i s the par ty br inging

4 the motion ge ts to argue, the par ty responding

ge ts a response, the par ty br ing ing the motion

6 ge ts a reply and then it s over unless I ask for

7 some c la r i f i ca t ion . That app l ies not j u s t to pro

8 se par t i e s but everybody tha t comes i n to t h i s

9 hearing room. Do you unders tand?

MR GILLESPIE: Thank you, Judge.

THE COURT: As to the produc t ion , the Rule

12 1.340(c) wil l apply , Mr. Gi l l esp ie , if

13 appropr ia te , as to records t ha t are in your

14 possess ion and kept in the ordinary course of your

record-keeping. I bel ieve you wil l f ind if you

16 research tha t ru le and the terms of the ru l e t ha t

17 tha t permits the opposing party to i n spec t those

18 records as they are kept, In the l oca t ion t ha t

19 they are kept. So, you have the a l t e rna t ive to

comply in tha t manner. In some of your responses ,

21 I th ink you suggest tha t tha t i s not acceptable to

22 you, but I m j u s t t e l l i ng you tha t i s one of your

23 opt ions . I t i s not an opt ion tha t records kept in

24 someone e l s e s possess ion , whether it i s the

p la in t i f f , the defendant or a co-defendant or co



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p l a i n t i f f , it i s a r i g h t t h a t e x i s t s only as to

2 the pa r ty d i r e c t l y responding. So you must

respond to t h e Request for Product ion e i t h e r by

4 as I say making those records a v a i l a b l e wherever

5 they are kept in your possess ion; you can make

6 co p ies o f them sub jec t to p r i o r agreement of the

7 p a r t i e s as to volume co s t and t h e l i k e , which i s

R t y p i c a l l y done; or you wil l have to produce them

9 in Hi l l sborough County.

1 Now you can se l e c t the l oca t ion in Hil l sborough

11 County if you dec ide to produce them in

12 Hi l l sborough County.

13 I f anyone wants s ecu r i t y prov ided fo r t ha t ,

14 t h a t s ecu r i t y w i l l be a t the cos t o f t h e p a r ty

15 reques t ing the s ecu r i t y . In o t h e r words t h a t

16 pa r ty , whether it s in Marion County o r

17 Hil lsborough County or some n eu t r a l s i t e in

18 between the pa r ty t h a t wants se c u r i t y makes

19 arrangements for t ha t s ecu r i t y a t t h e i r own cos t .

20 The reason t h a t t h e r e s a b a i l i f f p re s e n t i n t h i s

21 hear ing room i s t ha t it i s the p o l i c y o f t h i s

Cour t whenever t h e r e s a pro se p a r ty , a b a i l i f f

23 i s p res en t i n t h e cour t room - - o r in t h e h ea r in g

24 room o r cour t room. And t h a t s not j u s t my pol icy ,

25 but the p o l i cy o f most othe r j udges and I th ink ,



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the preference of the Sher i f f , David Gee, in

2 Hi l l sborough County.

3 As to any p r iv i l eg e t h a t y o u r e r a i s i n g fo r

4 now and s u b j ec t to any cour t dec i s ions t h a t may

5 sway me to the con t ra ry , I m pre se rv ing t h o s e

6 objec t ions , but those objec t ions must be s t a t e d

7 sp e c i f i c a l l y , a p r iv i l eg e log must be produced in

8 accordance wi th the Rules of C i v i l Procedure so

t h a t - and I won t r e c i t e t h a t to you, but in

1 essence you must descr ibe the document

s u f f i c i e n t l y t h a t it can be - some assessment

12 could be made, not only by the o t h e r p a r t y but by

13 t h e Court as to the s u f f i c i e n c y o f t h e c l a im o f

14 p r iv i l eg e on the document and the na tu re of the

15 p r iv i l eg e being asse r ted .

16 Did I miss anyth ing in your motion, Mr.

17 Rodems?

18 MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r , t h e i s sue about

19 a t t o rn e y s fees fo r b r ing ing t h i s motion.

20 THE COURT: That w i l l be g ran t ed and I ll

21 al low the p a r t i e s to e i t h e r agree on some

22 ap p ro p r i a t e amount o r you can se t a s ep a r a t e

23 h ea r in g on t ha t i s sue .

24 MR RODEMS: That covers it, Your Honor.

25 THE COURT: All r i g h t . Now it s 4:39 . M r .



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G i l l e s p i e , you have one minute .

2 MR RODEMS: Your Honor I m so r ry , t h e r e was

3 the second p a r t of my motion about the con t inuance

4 o f the summary judgment motion.

THE COURT: When i s summary judgment se t ?

6 MR RODEMS: I be l ieve t h a t s sch ed u led August

7 1s t but obviously - and I guess we a l s o did not

8 di scuss a t ime frame to comply with t h i s C o u r t s

9 order today.

1 THE COURT: Mr Gil lesp ie , i s 20 days

su f f i c i e n t ?

12 MR GILLESPIE: What parameters a re av a i l ab l e

3 fo r mai l ing and so fo r th?

14 THE COURT: Well depending on the - when the

15order ge t s over here , y o u l l have 20 days from the

16 date of the o rder and on the 20 th day from the

17 da te of order , they must be shown as postmarked.

18 MR GILLESPIE: Are you o v e r ru l i n g - did I

19 hear you r i g h t , y o u r e ove r ru l ing the ob jec t ions?

20 THE COURT: I m o v e r ru l i n g a l l o b jec t i o n s

21 except as to p r iv i l eg e .

22 MR GILLESPIE: Can I t ake an i n t e r l o c u t o ry

23 appeal on t h i s , Judge?

24 THE COURT: Y o u l l have to make t h a t dec i s ion

25 on your own based upon your assessment o f my cour t



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ru l ing and the ap p l i cab l e case law.

2 MR GILLESPIE: Yes I - I have some case law

3 here bu t I guess I d i d n t p res en t it t ime ly

4 enough. But in any even t , w i l l t h a t s t a y your

5 co u r t order?

6 THE COURT: Y o u l l have to check t he r u l e s on

t h a t , s i r .

8 MR GILLESPIE: Okay. I m probab ly going to

9 t ak e an i n t e r l o cu to r y appeal because I do be l i eve

1 t h a t Mr. Rodems was n o t i f i e d t h a t I objec t ed and

it was qui t e c l ea r in my Apri l 29 th l e t t e r to him.

12 I would a l so poin t out to the Cour t t h a t pro se

13 l i t i g a n t s are not held to the same s t r i n g e n t

14 requi rement as a t to rneys because they h a v e n t gone

15 to lawschool

and t h e y r enot

members o f t h e Bar

16 and I t h ink t h a t t h i s l e t t e r meets t he

17 requ i rements o f a pro se l i t i g a n t .

18 THE COURT: Al l r i g h t , s i r . t makes fo r an

19 i n t e r e s t i n g i s sue .

2 MR GILLESPIE: Okay. And as fo r t he - I

21 t h ink you sa id something about 15 c e n t s a page o r

22 someone sa id t h a t -

2J THE COURT: Well you can t a l k about t h a t

24 out s ide the cour t room.

25 MR GILLESPIE: - t h a t s what t h e law l i b r a ry



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charges . I would seek the maximum under Flor ida

2 law I th ink it s a d o l l a r a page.

3THE COURT: It s a

d o l l a r fo r the c l e rk o f the

4 cour t , it s not going to be an amount t h a t I m

5 going to approve.

6 MR GILLESPIE: Okay.

7 THE COURT: Or f ind to be reasonab le .

8 Legi s l a tu re apparen t ly has found it to be

9 reasonab le for t h e c l e rk to charge t ha t , but

1 t h a t s charg ing fo r l abor and t h e s e r v i ce s o f the

c l e rk of the cour t . I ll not ru le on t ha t ,

12 whether it s reasonab le o r not .

13 MR GILLESPIE: Okay.

14 MR RODEMS: Your Honor we do have a summary

1 s t15 judgment hear ing scheduled on August and we

16 would j u s t ask t h a t t h a t be con t inued u n t i l we can

17 complete discovery . And I have the case law on

18 t h a t i s s u e a l so .

9 THE COURT: Well Mr. G i l l e s p i e , do you want

2 agree to t ha t o r r e se t t h i s i s sue?

21 MR GILLESPIE: No w e l l r e s e t t h a t because

22 t h i s i s n t even a mat t e r fo r the Uniform Discovery

23 Motion Calendar and

24 THE COURT: I m so r ry ?

25 MR GILLESPIE: - - we can r e se t t ha t .



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THE COURT: On the summary judgment? You re

agreeing to the re se t t ing of t ha t?

3 MR GILLESPIE: No I m not agreeing .

4 THE COURT: All r igh t . So your motion w i l l be

5 r e se t .

6 MR RODEMS: On the cont inuance of the summary

7 judgment, I need to rese t i t ?

8 THE COURT: That s cor rec t .

9 MR RODEMS:Yes, s i r .

Wese t

t

today

1 because the j ud i c i a l ass i s t an t advised t ha t we

should do the d i scovery and t ha t a t the same t ime.

12 Is there a - i s t okay to se t the cont inuance of

13 the summary judgment on the t r a d i t i o n a l or the

14 customary UM document -

15 THE COURT: I th ink you can probably do tha t .

16 MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r .

17 THE COURT: That s f ive minutes per s ide .

18 MR RODEMS: Okay. And t h a t s in the morning.

19 Mr. Gil lesp ie has had problems with t ha t before .

20 As long as I m able to schedule a hear ing pr i o r to

21 August p I o n t h i s , I m f ine but , obvious ly , i f

22 the Court were to ru le t ha t we were not to get a

23 cont inuance, I would need t ime to complete the

24 discovery. So, i f Mr. Gi l l esp ie can coopera te

25 with me in ge t t ing a hear ing scheduled with in the



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next two weeks I t h ink it would be f ine .

THE COURT: Well my j ud i c i a l a s s i s t a n t has

3 l e f t fo r the day. We are not here nex t week so

4 t ha t l i m i t s your t ime s ubs t a n t i a l l y . And if you

5 t h ink you need add i t iona l t ime beyond 10

6 minutes -

7 MR RODEMS: I d o n t th ink so.

8 THE COURT: - I would mention it to her and

w e l l t r y to accommodate t h a t sometime in the next

1 few weeks.

MR RODEMS: Yes s i r . Okay. And i s it a l l

12 r i g h t i f I prepare the proposed orde r , Your Honor?

13 THE COURT: Yes s i r .

14 MR RODEMS: Okay. And of course , I ll

15 t r ansmi t t ha t to Mr. Gil lesp ie be fore br ing ing it

16 to the Court . And was the 20 days based on -

17 THE COURT: Date of the orde r .

18 MR RODEMS: - date of the order? Yes s i r .

19 Thank you fo r your t ime Judge.

20 MR GILLESPIE: Thank you Judge. And Your

21 Honor would you ask t ha t Mr. Rodems l eave the

22 area . The l a s t t ime he l e f t , he was t au n t i n g me

3 in the hal lway and I d o n t want t ha t to happen

24 today.

5 THE COURT: Well you can s t ay nex t to my



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3 MRGILLESPIE: Thank you.

MR RODEMS: Good day, Your Honor.

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C-E-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-E

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH

I , WILLIAM HERRMANN Court Reporter fo r the

Circui t Court of the Thi r teenth Jud ic ia l Circui t of the

Sta te of F lor ida , in and for Hillsborough County,

DO HEREBY CERTIFY, t ha t I was author ized to and did ,

through the County of Hil lsborough, r epor t in shor thand the

proceedings and evidence in the above-s ty led cause, as

s t a t ed in the capt ion here to , and tha t the fo rego ing pages,

numbered 1 to 22 inc lus ive , c o n s t i t u t e a t r ue and c o r re c t

t r a n s c r i p t i o n of my s tenograph ic repor t o f sa i d proceedings

and evidence.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto s e t my hand in the

City of Tampa, County of Hil lsborough, Sta te of Flor ida t h i s

5th day of Ju ly , 2006.

WILLIAM HERRMANN Court Reporte r ,

By w . / L . . ~ Will iam Herrmann

Ber ryh i l l Assoc ia tes , Inc .



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