Huon v. Breaking Media et al

Filing 203

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS held on August 23, 2012 before the Honorable John J. Tharp, Jr. Court Reporter Contact Information: Carolyn Cox, [e-mail], [phone]. IMPORTANT: The transcript may be viewed at the court's public terminal or purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber before the deadline for Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through the Court Reporter/Transcriber or PACER. For further information on the redaction process, see the Court's web site at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov under Quick Links select Policy Regarding the Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings. Redaction Request due 4/29/2013. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 5/9/2013. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 7/8/2013. (Cox, Carolyn)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION

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MEANITH HUON,

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Plaintiff,

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vs.
BREAKING MEDIA, et al.,

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Defendants.

For the Plaintiff:

HUON LAW FIRM
BY: MR. MEANITH HUON
P.O. Box 441
Chicago, IL 60690
[phone]

For the Defendants:

MANDELL MENKES LLC
BY: MR. STEVEN P. MANDELL
One North Franklin, Suite 3600
Chicago, IL 60606
[phone]

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LYNCH AND STERN
BY: MS. AMY J. HANSEN
150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2600
Chicago, IL 60606
[phone]

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Chicago, Illinois
August 23, 2012
9:00 o'clock a.m.

APPEARANCES:

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Docket No. 11 C 3054

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS - STATUS
BEFORE THE HONORABLE JOHN J. THARP, JR.

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Court Reporter:

MS. CAROLYN R. COX, CSR, RPR, CRR, FCRR
Official Court Reporter
219 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1854-B
Chicago, Illinois 60604
[phone]

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THE CLERK: 11 C 3054, Huon v. Breaking Media.

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MR. HUON: Good morning, Judge. Meanith,

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THE COURT: Good morning.

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MR. MANDELL: Good morning, your Honor. Steve

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Mandell on behalf of Breakingmedia.com, David Lat, Elie

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Mystal, John Lerner, and David Minkin.

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behalf of Gawker Media, Jezebel.com, Irin Carmon, and Nick

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Denton.

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seen the order issued probably a week and a half ago or so. I

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wanted to have everyone in to see that we are on the same

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page.

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Right now there is not an operative complaint and the

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plaintiff needs to refile addressing the jurisdictional issues

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that were identified in the court's previous order. Once we

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get that on file, depending on where that is, obviously you

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will need to respond, and I would anticipate a further motion

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to dismiss that complaint. Along with whatever other

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arguments you're going to make, you should address the

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adequacy of the jurisdictional allegations from the

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defendants' perspectives.

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(The following proceedings were had in open court:)

M-e-a-n-i-t-h, Huon, H-u-o-n, for the plaintiff.

MS. HANSEN: Good morning, your Honor. Amy Hansen on

THE COURT: Good morning. Presumably everybody has

Anyone have any questions on where we stand?

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complaint even on file, so there is no discovery that can be

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going forward at this stage, and this will in no way prejudice

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either side's ability to conduct discovery, assuming that

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there is an operative complaint going forward.

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Any other questions? Okay. Thank you very much.

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MR. HUON: Thank you, Judge.

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MR. MANDELL: Thank you, Judge.

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MS. HANSEN: Thank you, your Honor.

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MR. HUON: I just don't want to be penalized in terms
of discovery. We haven't had a 26(a) conference.
THE COURT: No. Well, at this point, there is no

(Which were all the proceedings had in the above-entitled

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cause on the day and date aforesaid.)

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I certify that the foregoing is a correct transcript from
the record of proceedings in the above-entitled matter.

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Carolyn R. Cox
Official Court Reporter
Northern District of Illinois

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/s/Carolyn R. Cox, CSR, RPR, CRR, FCRR

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