Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Filing 135

RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by John B. Thompson. (Thompson, John)

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Thompson v. The Florida Bar Doc. 135 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JOHN B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. THE FLORIDA BAR and DAVA J. TUNIS, Defendants. PLAINTIFF'S TENTH RESPONSE TO THE COURT'S SHOW CAUSE ORDER COMES NOW plaintiff, John B. Thompson, hereinafter Thompson, as an attorney on his own behalf, and further responds to this court's September 24, 2007, Order to Show Cause and states: 1. As already pointed out to this court, SLAPP Bar complaint Norm Kent Case No. 07-21256 (Judge Adalberto Jordan) panicked and removed from his www.nationalgaynews.com porn portal linked to from his official law firm site at www.normkent.com all offerings of "Adult Sites." Kent, even in his state, understood that he was at risk. 2. The undersigned retained experts in such things to do screen captures proving Kent's removal of this material. 3. However, now that Mr. Kent thinks "the coast is clear" by virtue of his and other's use of this court's Show Cause Order to alleged that the undersigned is "trafficking in obscenity" an in light of the fact that someone apparently got through to Mr. Kent that his removal of what he calls the "Porn Sites" from his web pages was in fact an admission of wrongdoing, Mr. Kent has now put up at his site not just the Mr. 1 Dockets.Justia.com previously displayed "Porn Sites, " including the clearly "obscene" (this court's word) www.justusboys.com but also, this morning EVEN MORE "PORN SITES." Note: The following link is at www.normkent.com on the home page: Visit Norm Kent's NEW site: www.nationalgaynews.com This link takes one, children included, to http://www.nationalgaynews.com If one scrolls down to the "Adult Sites" link on the left margin, one is taken to http://nationalgaynews.com/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,49/Itemid,124/ where one sees the below offerings, including www.justusboys.com Send your news and press releases to editor@nationalgaynews.com Porn Sites National Gay News offers these sites as a sampling of adult gay venues on the web, and has no control over the contents therein. SELECT adult sites for your pleasure. Web Link Hits 109 163 151 8 Adam Male Adult on-line store. BadPuppy The OLDEST gay porn site! Broken Straight Boys Site themed as "straight" guys. EMale Center Pictures & Movies 2 Ebony Knights Tall dark & handsome black men 4 21 7 11 3 122 117 218 9 4 115 Gay Beef Photos and movies Gay Mood Catering to all tastes Gay Demon Reviews, pictures, videos and galleries Gay Pair Movie site Gay Sex Freaks Porn Directory Gay Sexxx Twinks galore! Just Us Boys All kinds of guys. Movie Monster Hot gay, and yes even straight adult movies Men on the Net Gay Porn Adult Search Engine & Gay Sex Links Directory Showguys Younger Jock types. Note that Mr. Kent now says, which is something new on the site, that he "has no control over the contents therein." Ahhh, but he does have control over whether or not he disseminates this material to anyone, including children. Mr. Kent's suggestion, which only a desperate lawyer could come up with, that he is somehow not culpable for what he is disseminating willy-nilly is akin to the murder defense of the fellow who points a loaded gun at a crowd and fires away, claiming he had no "intent to commit murder" because he had no intent to hit any single person. This is legal nonsense that a criminal jury would find laughable. It may be that Mr. Kent "has no control," but not in a legal sense. There are experts in other areas of specialty who can explain how "he has no control" over what he does. 4. The undersigned respectfully requests that this court do two things: a. Vacate its improper Order to Show Cause; 3 b. Prove how even-handed it is in its concern for "children," and provide notice to the parties herein that this court has formally asked the Honorable Alex Acosta, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, to proceed against Mr. Kent for his dissemination of "obscene" (the court's term) material. What Mr. Kent, and more importantly this court, knows is that the distribution of "obscene" material is a criminal act. What Mr. Kent is doing is clearly in violation of state and federal laws, not to mention his sullying of the "dignity of our profession" as the Florida Supreme Court puts it. 5. If the court is going to acton its alleged concern about "children" in threatening Thompson, then it should discharge its clear duties, as a member of the federal court system, to give full force and effect to the enforcement of federal laws dealing with the illegal trafficking, for commercial gain, in "obscenity." Take a look today at what Mr. Kent is offering at www.justusboys.com right now. If I know what is there, Mr.Kent knows what is there, and the court would do well, since it wants no pictures, to certify to the parties herein THAT THIS COURT HAS GONE TO WWW.JUSTUSBOYS.COM and confirmed what is there this day. 6. Thompson would appreciate word from the court prior to October 5 that it has done all three of these necessary and proper acts. I HEREBY CERTIFY that this has been served upon record counsel this 28th day of September, 2007, electronically. /s/ JOHN B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff Attorney, Florida Bar #231665 1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 Phone: 305-666-4366 amendmentone@comcast.net 4

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