Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Filing 172

Plaintiff's MOTION to Appoint Mediator Now by John B. Thompson. Responses due by 10/22/2007 (Thompson, John)

Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Doc. 172

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 MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE COURT'S OCTOBER 3, 2007, ORDER, AND NOTICE TO COURT COMES NOW plaintiff, John B. Thompson, hereinafter Thompson, as an attorney on his own behalf, and hereby moves the court for an order mandating mediation, stating: Plaintiff early on asked this court to order mediation, which process The Bar promotes to the rest of us. In a case involving Thompson and The Bar that fell to Judge Huck, The Bar's counsel agreed to it but Mr. Kent, who was also a defendant, would not hear of it. Maybe he had to attend an obscenity conference at a "foam party," his participation in the latter of which he has proudly written about. Judge Huck relented to Mr. Kent's wishes. When The Bar "mediated" this matter previously in the state setting, Ms. Tuma, The Bar prosecutor, assured Thompson that she had full authority, as the representative of the client, to negotiate a settlement. That was a lie. She had to terminate the Case No. 07-21256 (Judge Adalberto Jordan)

mediation because she had no authority. She began and ended the "mediation" with a demand for Thompson to have his head examined.

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Thompson does not renew this motion because he is the least bit concerned about the hearing on Tuesday. Should the court actually conclude that Thompson is swimming in due process, then he will go to the Eleventh Circuit to prove otherwise. This court understands full well that mediation, if it is to be real mediation, must be in good faith and with representatives participating therein who have real authority to negotiate. Thompson doesn't know if that would involve this court ordering the state's Supreme Court Justices to come down from Olympus and participate, but Thompson does think that at least Bar President Frank Angones should be there to see for himself if Thompson has sprouted horns and wields a pitchfork. This stuff is exhausting. The Bar should want to get on with really regulating lawyers to protect the public rather than harassing lawyers to protect their own sense of invulnerability and self-importance. The court should want to be clear of Thompson who is, he understands, not terribly important in the scheme of things. More importantly, peace is a wonderful thing. Thompson has been "suing for peace" for three years, and these people simply tell him they won't even talk about it. Who's insane in this? Is it the person who wants to resolve this, or the entity that thinks itself infallible? I HEREBY CERTIFY that this has been served upon record counsel this 6th day of October, 2007, electronically.

/s/ JOHN B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff Attorney, Florida Bar #231665 1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 Phone: [phone] [e-mail]

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