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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

CIRCUIT CIVIL DIVISION

NEIL J . GILLESPIE,

P l a i n t i f f

vs . CASE NO.: 05-CA-007205

DIVISION: c

BARKER, RODEMS & COOK, P.A. ,e t a l

Defendan t s .

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

BEFORE: HONORABLE JAMES D. ARNOLDC i r c u i t Judge

TAKEN AT: In ChambersH i l l s b o r o u g h County Cour thouseTampa, F l o r i d a

DATE: May 3, 2011

TIME: Commencing a t 12:30 p.m.

REPORTED BY: SONJA BONANNOCour t R e p o r t e rN o t a r y P u b l i cS t a t e o f F l o r i d a a t Large

DEMPSTER - BERRYHILL COURT REPORTERS501 E a s t Kennedy B l v d . , S u i t e 775 r r'"' t - , \ :. I I

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1 APPEARANCES:

2 On b e h a l f o f t h e Defendan t s :

3 RYAN CHRISTOPHER RODEMS ESQUIRE

Barker, Rodems & Cook, P.A.

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Tampa, FL 33602

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INDEX TO PROCEEDINGS

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P R O C E E D I N G S

(The P l a i n t i f f i s n o t p r e s e n t .

THE BAILIFF: P l e a s e be s e a t e d and come t o

o r d e r . C o u r t i s now i n s e s s i o n .

THE COURT: Good morn ing .

MR RODEMS: Good morn ing , Your Honor.

THE COURT: A l l r i g h t . We r e h e r e on

G i l l e s p i e v e r s u s B a r k e r, Rodems Cook, P.A. and

Wi l l i a m Cook?

MR RODEMS: Yes, Your Honor.

THE COURT: What i s t h e mot ion t h a t i s s e t f o r

t oday?

MR RODEMS: Good morn ing , Your Honor. My

name i s Ryan C h r i s t o p h e r Rodems, and I am h e r e on

b e h a l f o f B a r k e r, Rodems Cook, P.A. and Wil l i am

J . Cook. And t h i s i s our mot ion . I t s a v e r i f i e d

mot ion f o r an o r d e r t o show cause why t h e p l a i n t i f f

shou ld no t be h e l d i n con tempt o f c o u r t and a w r i t

o f b o d i l y a t t a c h m e n t s h o u l d n o t be i s s u e d .

Mr. G i l l e s p i e was g iven n o t i c e o f t h e h e a r i n g

and has s e n t s e v e r a l documents i n d i c a t i n g t h a t he

i s f u l l y aware o f t h a t . The c o u r t r e p o r t e r h e r e

t o d a y was o r d e r e d by Mr. G i l l e s p i e , and I am i n

r e c e i p t o f an e - m a i l which he s e n t t o Mr. David A.)Rowland, R-O-W-L-A-N-D, i n d i c a t i n g t h a t he would


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n o t be h e r e bu t he would i n f a c t , have a c o u r t

r e p o r t e r he r e .

THE COURT: Okay.

MR RODEMS: May I proceed?

THE COURT: Well f i r s t o f a l l , I have

r e ce ived P l a i n t i f f s Mot ion t o D i s q u a l i f y Cour t . I

have r ev iewed i t . The mot ion i s l e g a l l y

i n s u f f i c i e n t . I t w i l l be d e n i e d .

MR RODEMS: Yes s i r .

THE COURT: I have a l s o r e ce ived a mot ion t o

s t a y pend ing a p p e a l . Mr. G i l l e s p i e i s I d o n t

r u l e on t h e s e e x - p a r t e . Mr. G i l l e s p i e has not

c a l e n d a r e d t h a t . He has n o t shown up t o argue i t .

And when he c a l e n d a r s i t , I w i l l h e a r i t .

Madam C l e r k h e r e i s t h e Motion t o S t a y

Pending Appeal .

THE CLERK: Yes s i r .

THE COURT: At t h i s p o i n t i n t i m e i t w i l l be

denied . I f he wishes t o s e t i t , come and make

argument I w i l l be g l a d t o h e a r i t . And t h e

Motion t o D i s q u a l i f y t h e Cour t i s l e g a l l y

i n s u f f i c i e n t ; t h e r e f o r e , i t s d e n i e d .

A l l r i g h t . Let me h e a r your mot ion c o u n s e l .

MR RODEMS: Thank you Your Honor. This was

n o t i c e d as an e v i d e n t i a r y hea r ing . The mot ionC


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i t s e l f i s v e r i f i e d and I am p r e p a r e d t o t e s t i f y i

n e c e s s a r y.

But l e t me s t a t e t h a t what we have h e r e i s

my c l i e n t ' s have f i n a l judgment t h a t has n o t been

s a t i s f i e d . We have made numerous e f f o r t s t o have

Mr. G i l l e s p i e a p p e a r f o r d e p o s i t i o n i n a i d o f

e x e c u t i o n . The mot ion t r a c k s t h a t he has been

n o t i c e d a t l e a s t t h r e e t i m e s .

Mr. G i l l e s p i e was a c t u a l l y h e l d i n con tempt by

Judge Cook f o r f a i l i n g t o a p p e a r a t a d e p o s i t i o n ,

and he was o r d e r e d t o a p p e a r w i t h i n f o r t y - f i v e

days , which he has n o t compl ied w i t h .

He has r e sponded t h a t he w i l l n ot a pp e ar f o r

d e p o s i t i o n i n compl iance w i t h Judge Cook ' s o r d e r

d a t e d September 3 0, 20 10 , u n l e s s c e r t a i n c o n d i t i o n s

were met; each o f which he imposed w i t h o u t any

a u t h o r i t y from t h e C o u r t . He has made no e f f o r t s

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THE COURT: What were h i s c o n d i t i o n s ?

MR RODEMS: I f y o u ' l l g i v e me j u s t a moment,

Your Honor, I w i l l f i n d t h a t l e t t e r .

THE COURT: Sure .

MR RODEMS: A c t u a l l y, on September 3 r d o f

2 010 , h e wrote a l e t t e r t h a t s a i d t h a t he w i l l no t

be a t t e n d i n g t h e d e p o s i t i o n t h a t was s c h e d u l e d on


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t h a t d a t e , Sep tember 3rd 2010 which I b e l i e v e was

o r d e r e d by Judge Cook i n a p r i o r o r d e r d a t e d J u l y

2 8 t h . But he s a i d t h a t he would n o t a t t e n d t h e

d e p o s i t i o n t o d a y because t h e Cour t has n o t

r e sponded t o nor p r o v i d e d accommodat ions r e q u e s t e d

under t h e Americans w i t h D i s a b i l i t i e s Act .

THE COURT: What i s h i s d i s a b i l i t y ?

MR RODEMS: Your Honor t h a t has i t s been

r e p r e s e n t e d t o me by Mr. G i l l e s p i e a s b e i n g P o s t

Traumat i c S t r e s s D i s o r d e r d e p r e s s i o n , a n x i e t y and

something t h a t he r e f e r s t o Lega l Abuse Syndrome.

THE COURT: What accommodat ions has he

r e q u e s t e d ?

MR RODEMS: On one o c c a s i o n he r e q u e s t e d

he s a i d he was h e a r i n g i m p a i r e d and he r e q u e s t e d

he have r e a l - t i m e c a p t i o n i n g , which t h e Cour t d i d

p r o v i d e . Beyond t h a t , d o n t know what he has

r e q u e s t e d because he has f i l e d t h i n g s w i t h

p r e d e c e s s o r j u d g e s ex p a r t e , b u t i t s my

u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t he want s t h i n g s l i k e b e i n g a b l e

t o come t o c o u r t a t a t ime when he f e e l s i t s

a p p r o p r i a t e , o r s t a y i n g as l ong a s he wishes t o , o r

hav ing some c o n t r o l o v e r how l ong a h e a r i n g would

go.

And b a s i c a l l y , when we have h e a r d o f t h o s e


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r e q u e s t s i n t h e p a s t , we have r e sponded t o t h e

Cour t t h a t he i s e f f e c t i v e l y t r y i n g t o d i c t a t e t h e

r u l e s o f t h e c o u r t , which i s c e r t a i n l y no t

a p p r o p r i a t e under any p r o v i s i o n o f t h e American

w i t h D i s a b i l i t i e s A c t .

Judge, t h e r e have been s e v e r a l o c c a s i o n s where

t h e Cour t has a d d r e s s e d t h e s e i s s u e s w i t h him, so I

d o n ' t know what he c u r r e n t l y i s s a y i n g

THE COURT: R e l a t i v e t o t h e o r d e r t o show

cause , was he p e r s o n a l l y s e r v e d o r was he j u s t

n o t i c e d ?

MR RODEMS: For t o d a y, Your Honor?

THE COURT: Yes.

MR RODEMS: He was s e n t i t by m a i l by

r e g u l a r m a i l a s c o n t e m p l a t e d by t h e F l o r i d a Rules

o f C i v i l P r o c e d u r e . He has r e c e i v e d i t There i s

no q u e s t i o n abou t t h a t . He has i n d i c a t e d t o me

and I g o t a l e t t e r from him d a t e d A p r i l 1 6 t h o f

2011, which i s n o t a t t a c h e d as an e x h i b i t b u t I

w i l l be happy t o t e n d e r i t t o t h e C o u r t , b u t i t was

a l s o c o p i e d t o Your Honor. And i t s a y s :

P l e a s e f i n d e n c l o s e d P l a i n t i f f ' s n o t i c e o f

u n a v a i l a b i l i t y . As d e s c r i b e d i n t h e n o t i c e , I am

u n a v a i l a b l e t h r o u g h June 2 0 t h , 2011 r e l a t i v e t o t h e

a p p e a l .


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He goes on t o s a y t h a t t h i s was u n i l a t e r a l l y

s e t and i t b a s i c a l l y a s k s me t o r e s c h e d u l e i t

THE COURT: Okay. Who f i l e d t h e mot ion f o r an

o r d e r t o show cause? Did t h e Cour t o r d i d you?

MR RODEMS: I f i l e d t h a t , Your Honor

o r i g i n a l l y w i t h Judge Cook r e s u l t i n g i n t h e

September 3 0 t h 2010 o r d e r f i n d i n g him i n con tempt .

And t h a t o r d e r gave him f o r t y - f i v e days t o appear

f o r d e p o s i t i o n , and he d i d n o t a p p e a r w i t h i n t h a t

t ime f rame.

THE COURT: Okay.

MR RODEMS: And so I f i l e d a v e r i f i e d mot ion

and s e t i t f o r h e a r i n g t o d a y.

THE COURT: I s e e .

MR RODEMS: And e s s e n t i a l l y , Your Honor no t

o n l y has he n o t shown up f o r d e p o s i t i o n s u b j e c t t o

a mot ion t o compel h e s been h e l d i n con tempt by

Judge Cook f o r n o t a p p e a r i n g and he has been

o r d e r e d t o a p p e a r on numerous o c c a s i o n s .

There i s no p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t Mr. G i l l e s p i e i s

go ing t o v o l u n t a r i l y show up f o r a d e p o s i t i o n . And

t h a t s why we a r e a s k i n g t h e Cour t t o i s s u e a w r i t

o f b o d i l y a t t a c h m e n t so t h a t we can have him appear

and e i t h e r submi t t o d e p o s i t i o n o r remain

i n c a r c e r a t e d u n t i l such t ime t h a t he f u l f i l l s h i s

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o b l i g a t i o n t o r e n d e r a d e p o s i t i o n .

We a r e e f f e c t i v e l y b e i n g d e n i e d t h e

o p p o r t u n i t y t o e n f o r c e o u r judgment , which has been

i n e f f e c t , and which was a f f i r m e d on a p p e a l . I t s

been i n e f f e c t s i n c e March 27 th o f 2008. T h a t s

over t h r e e y e a r s . So, we r e a l l y need t o depose

Mr. G i l l e s p i e t o f i n d o u t what a s s e t s he has , and

where t h e a s s e t s t h a t he d i d have gone, and what

a r e t h e s o u r c e s o f revenue t h a t he r e c e i v e s .

Withou t some h e l p from t h e Cour t i n t h e form

o f a w r i t o f b o d i l y a t t a c h m e n t , t h e r e i s no way we

a r e e v e r go ing t o be a b l e t o g e t t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n .

THE COURT: Okay. Anything f u r t h e r ?

MR RODEMS: No s i r .

THE COURT: Okay. The Cour t i s go ing t o i s s u e

o r d e r t o show c a u s e under c o u r t o r d e r f o r him t o

a p p e a r t o show cause why he s h o u l d n o t be h e l d i n

contempt o f c o u r t f o r h i s f a i l u r e t o a b i d e by Judge

Cook s o r d e r .

My j u d i c i a l a s s i s t a n t w i l l g i v e you a d a t e f o r

t h a t hea r ing . We w i l l s e t t h e d a t e . He w i l l not

s e t i t . Mr. G i l l e s p i e w i l l n o t s e t i t . The Court

w i l l s e t i t . We w i l l s e t t h e d a t e and we w i l l

p e r s o n a l l y s e r v e him w i t h t h i s o r d e r t o show cause ,

and t h e n we w i l l have t h e h e a r i n g .


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MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r . When you say

p e r s o n a l l y s e r v e him , would t h a t be w i t h s e r v i c e

o f p r o c e s s ?

THE COURT: Yes, s i r .

MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r .

THE COURT: A b s o l u t e l y.

MR RODEMS: Wi l l t h e o r d e r o r i g i n a t e from

Your Honor o r would you l i k e me t o p r e p a r e d a

proposed o r d e r ?

THE COURT: No. P r e p a r e a proposed o r d e r f o r

my s i g n a t u r e .


THE COURT: And i n i t you w i l l l e a v e t h e d a t e

b l a n k , and we w i l l f i l l i n t h e b l a n k . We w i l l f i l l

i n t h e b l a n k f o r t h e d a t e o f t h e h e a r i n g . We w i l l

s e t t h e h e a r i n g on our c a l e n d a r .


THE COURT: I would l i k e you t o p r e p a r e an

o r d e r deny ing w i t h o u t p r e j u d i c e t h e Motion t o S t a y.

And I w i l l be p r e p a r i n g my own o r d e r denying h i s

r e q u e s t t o d i s q u a l i f y t h e C o u r t .

I s t h e r e a n y t h i n g e l s e we need t o t a k e up t h i s

morning?

MR RODEMS: No s i r . May I have u n t i l F r i d a y

t o submi t a proposed o r d e r on t h e o r d e r t o show


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cause and on t h e o rde r t o s t a y pending a p p e a l ?

THE COURT: Yes, s i r

MR RODEMS: I have noth ing f u r t h e r Thank

you, Your Honor.

THE COURT: Okay. Thank you v e r y much.

End o f p r o c e e d i n g s . )


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CERTIFICATE OF COURT REPORTER

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4 STATE OF FLORIDA

5 COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH

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8 I SONJA BONANNO, COURT REPORTER f o r t h e

C i r c u i t Cour t o f t h e T h i r t e e n t h J u d i c i a l C i r c u i t o f t h e

9 S t a t e o f F l o r i d a

10 DO HEREBY CERTIFY t h a t I was a u t h o r i z e d t o

and d i d r e p o r t t h e p r o c e e d i n g s and e v i d e n c e i n t h i s

11 h e r e i n b e f o r e - s t y l e d c a u s e a s s t a t e d i n t h e c a p t i o n

a t t a c h e d and t h a t t h e p r e c e d i n g t r a n s c r i p t a t t a c h e d

12 h e r e t o i s a t r u e a c c u r a t e and c o r r e c t c o m p u t e r i z e d

t r a n s c r i p t i o n o f my r e p o r t o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s had a t

13 s a i d s e s s i o n .

14 I FURTHER CERTIFY t h a t I am n o t employed by o r

r e l a t e d t o t h e p a r t i e s t o t h i s m a t t e r n o r i n t e r e s t e d i n

15 t h e outcome o f t h i s a c t i o n .

16 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have h e r e u n t o s e t my

hand and s e a l i n Tampa H i l l s b o r o u g h County F l o r i d a

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