American Freedom Defense Initiative et al v. Suburban Mobility Authority For Regional Transportation (SMART) et al

Filing 49

WITNESS LIST by Beth Gibbons, John Hertel, Suburban Mobility Authority For Regional Transportation (SMART) (Hildebrandt, Christian)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
AMERICAN FREEDOM DEFENSE
INITIATIVE, PAMELA GELLER, and
ROBERT SPENCER,
Plaintiffs,
Case 2:10-cv-12134
HON. DENISE PAGE HOOD

v.
SUBURBAN MOBILITY AUTHORITY
FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
(“SMART”); GARY L. HENDRICKSON,
Individually and in his official capacity as
Chief Executive of SMART, JOHN HERTEL,
Individually and in his official capacity as
General Manager of SMART and BETH
GIBBONS, individually and in her official
Capacity as Marketing Program Manager
Of SMART,
Defendants.
Robert J. Muise (P62849)
David Yerushalmi, Esq. (Arz. 009616; DC
978179, Cal. 132011; NY 4632568)
Counsel for Plaintiffs
3000 Green Rd., #131098
Ann Arbor, MI 48113
[phone]
[e-mail]
dyerushalmi@americanfreedomlawcenter.
org

Avery E. Gordon (P41194)
Anthony Chubb (P72608)
Co-Counsel for Defendants SMART,
Hertel and Gibbons
535 Griswold Street, Suite 600
Detroit, MI 48226
[phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Erin Elizabeth Mersino (P70886)
Co-Counsel for Plaintiffs
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
P.O. Box 393
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
[phone]
[e-mail]

John J. Lynch (P16887)
Christian E. Hildebrandt (P46989)
Co-Counsel for Defendants SMART,
Hertel and Gibbons
1450 W. Long Lake Road, Suite 100
Troy, MI 48098
[phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

DEFENDANT’S PRELIMINARY WITNESS LIST
NOW COMES, Defendant, SUBURBAN MOBILITY FOR REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION, by and through its attorneys, VANDEVEER GARZIA, P.C.,
and for its PRELIMINARY WITNESS LIST of witnesses who may be called at
trial in this matter, provide the following:
1. Pamela Geller, address refused
2. Robert Spencer, address refused
3. The following representatives of Plaintiffs may be called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Richard Davis, 1040 1st Ave, PO Box 121, New York, NY 10022
Anders Gravers, 1040 1st Ave, PO Box 121, New York, NY 10022
John Joseph Jay, 1040 1st Ave, PO Box 121, New York, NY 10022
James Lafferty, 1040 1st Ave, PO Box 121, New York, NY 10022
Pamela Hall, 1040 1st Ave, PO Box 121, New York, NY 10022
Richard Davis, 1040 1st Ave, PO Box 121, New York, NY 10022

4. The following representatives of Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional
Transportation may be called:
a. Anthony Chubb, 535 Griswold Ave, Ste 600. Detroit, MI 48226, as
30(b)(6) witness only.
b. Beth Gibbons, 535 Griswold Ave, Ste 600. Detroit, MI 48226
c. Elizabeth Dryden, 535 Griswold Ave, Ste 600. Detroit, MI 48226
d. John Hertel, 535 Griswold Ave, Ste 600. Detroit, MI 48226
e. Toni Toth, 535 Griswold Ave, Ste 600. Detroit, MI 48226
f. Steve Brown, 535 Griswold Ave, Ste 600. Detroit, MI 48226
g. Keith Taylor, 535 Griswold Ave, Ste 600. Detroit, MI 48226
5. The following representatives of CBS may be called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.

Tom Carroll, 88 Custer Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Robert Hawkins, 88 Custer Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Jon Safier, 88 Custer Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Greg Coyne, 88 Custer Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Rob Shilling, 88 Custer Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Mike Short, 88 Custer Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Alysha Goodes, 88 Custer Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Carol Lewis, 88 Custer Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Richard Ament, 405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

j. David Posy, 405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
k. Howard Marcus, 405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
l. Eric Davis, 405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
6. Gary L. Hendrikson, address unknown
7. The following representatives of COR and/or DetroitCOR may be called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Frank Burejsza, address unknown
Jefferson Seaver, address unknown
Jennifer Beahan, address unknown
Fred Edwards, address unknown
Jende Huang, address unknown

8. Other employees, representatives, and/or custodians of the records from
each of the following may be called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
q.
r.
s.
t.
u.
v.
w.
x.

American Freedom Defense Initiative and related entities
Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation
CBS Outdoors
Jihad Watch
Atlas Shrugs
AFDI.US
Stop the Islamization of America- SIOA.org, SIOAonline.com
Refuge from Islam – Refugefromislam.com
Stop the Islamization of Nations – SION.org
Truth About Muhammad – Truthaboutmuhammad.com
MyJihad.US
TruthAboutQuran.org
LeaveIslamSafely.com
DefendingReligiousFreedom.us
Facebook
Twitter
David Horowitz Freedom Center
Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force
Miami Dade (Florida) Transit
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
Chicago (Illinois) Transit Authority
Internal Revenue Service
DetroitCOR and/or COR

9. Defendants reserve the right to call any and all witnesses listed on
Plaintiff’s Witness List, whether or not called by the Plaintiff at trial.

10. Defendants reserve the right to call any and all witnesses listed by other
parties, whether or not called by that party at trial.
11. Defendants reserve the right to call any and all necessary rebuttal
witnesses.
12. Any and all witnesses listed in Interrogatory Answers, Answers to
Requests to Produce, Answers to Requests to Admit, Depositions, and/or
other discovery and pleadings.
13. Any and all witnesses named in discovery.
14. Defendants reserve the right to amend its witness list to add additional
witnesses as they become known through the course of discovery.
15. Defendants reserve the right to name additional witnesses including
expert witnesses on the topics of the political nature of Plaintiff’s
advertisement and/or constitutional law.

VANDEVEER GARZIA, P.C.

By: _/s/ Christian E. Hildebrandt________
CHRISTIAN E. HILDEBRANDT P46989
Attorney for Hertel, Gibbons and SMART
1450 W. Long Lake Rd., Ste. 100
Troy, MI 48098-6330
[phone]
[e-mail]
SUBURBAN MOBILITY AUTHORITY FOR
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
By:_/s/_Avery Gordon _______________
Avery E. Gordon (P41194)
Anthony Chubb (P72608)
Co-Counsel for Defendants SMART, Hertel
and Gibbons
535 Griswold Street, Suite 600
Detroit, MI 48226
[phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Dated: June 7, 2013

PROOF OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing instrument was
served upon the attorneys of record of all parties to the above cause by
the method(s) indicated below on June 7, 2013.
_____ U.S. Mail
_____ FAX
_____ Hand Delivered
_____ UPS
_____ Overnight Delivery Service
_____ E-Mail
__X__ Electronic Notification Via the Court’s CM/ECF System
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____/s/ Andrea Gordon_______________________
ANDREA GORDON