BRENNER et al v. SCOTT et al

Filing 41

ORDER DENYING LEAVE FOR CHRIS SEVIER TO INTERVENE - Mr. Sevier's motion to intervene is DENIED. The clerk must hold for 90 days (and make available for inspection by any person on request) but must not file Mr. Seviers tendere d second amended motion for declaratory and injunctive relief. The clerk must provide a copy of this order to the attorneys of record through the electronic filing system and to Mr. Sevier by mail. The clerk must provide to Mr. Sevier copies of furth er filings dealing specifically with his attempted intervention but must not add Mr. Sevier to the docket or service list for other documents. CHRIS SEVIER terminated., ( Retention period for pleading to be held until 7/25/2014 Pleading will be kept on shelf in case file order in outcard.) Signed by JUDGE ROBERT L HINKLE on 4/24/2014. (dlt)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE DIVISION

JAMES DOMER BRENNER et al.,
Plaintiffs,
CONSOLIDATED
CASE NO. 4:14cv107-RH/CAS

v.
RICK SCOTT, etc., et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER DENYING LEAVE FOR
CHRIS SEVIER TO INTERVENE

In these consolidated actions, the plaintiffs challenge provisions of the
Florida Constitution and Florida Statutes on same-sex marriage. Chris Sevier has
moved to intervene, apparently asserting he wishes to marry his computer.
Perhaps the motion is satirical. Or perhaps it is only removed from reality. Either
way, the motion has no place in this lawsuit. Mr. Sevier has alleged nothing that
would support intervention. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 24.
More egregiously, Mr. Sevier has tendered—but I have directed the clerk not
to file—a document that purports to amend the plaintiffs’ amended motion for

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declaratory and injunctive relief. The tendered document purports to be a “second
amended motion for declaratory and injunctive relief,” and it purports to be
tendered not just by Mr. Sevier on his own behalf but by the original plaintiffs
through their own attorneys. Mr. Sevier should take note: he has no authority to
tender a document on behalf of anyone other than himself. Filing a document in
someone else’s name without the person’s authority is a serious offense;
electronically signing or otherwise reproducing an attorney’s signature on a
document without the attorney’s authority is a serious offense; and doing any of
this again will have substantial consequences.
For these reasons,
IT IS ORDERED:
1.

Mr. Sevier’s motion to intervene is DENIED.

2.

The clerk must hold for 90 days (and make available for inspection by

any person on request) but must not file Mr. Sevier’s tendered “second amended
motion for declaratory and injunctive relief.”
3.

Mr. Sevier must not tender for filing any document on behalf of

anyone other than himself.
4.

The clerk must provide a copy of this order to the attorneys of record

through the electronic filing system and to Mr. Sevier by mail. The clerk must
provide to Mr. Sevier copies of further filings dealing specifically with his

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attempted intervention but must not add Mr. Sevier to the docket or service list for
other documents.
SO ORDERED on April 24, 2014.
s/Robert L. Hinkle
United States District Judge

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