Spreadbury v. Bitterroot Public Library et al

Filing 26

Notice of Joinder by Lee Enterprises Incorporated re: 22 Response to Motion DEFENDANT LEE ENTERPRISES INC.'S JOINDER IN RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION/RECUSAL OF JUDGES (Smith, Jeffrey)

Jeffrey B. Smith

GARLINGTON, LOHN & ROBINSON, PLLP
350 Ryman Street. P. O. Box 7909
Missoula, MT 59807-7909
Telephone [phone]
Telefax [phone]
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Attorneys for Defendant, Lee Enterprises, Inc.

IN TTIE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
MISSOULA DIVISION

MICHAEL E. SPREADBURY.

Cause No, CV-1 I -064-M-DWM

Plaintiff,

BITTERROOT PUBLIC LIBRARY,
CITY OF HAMILTON, LEE
ENTERPRISES,INC,, and BOONE
KARLBERG P.C..

DEFENDANT LEE ENTERPRISES.
INC.'S JOINDER IN RESPONSE TO
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR
SUBSTITUTION/RECUSAL OF
JUDGES

Defendants.

Lee Enterprises, Inc., Co-Defendant in this action, through its counsel,

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, hereby joins in the City and Library
Defendants' Brief in opposition to Plaintiff s Motion for Recusal (Dkt. 22), on the
grounds that it would be an abuse of discretion to grant

plaintiff s motion

and

Plaintiff has not demonstrated an adequate basis for recusal, as addressed in the

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Brief.
DATED this

1Oth day

of May, 2011.

Attorneys for Defendant, Lee Enterprises, Inc.

STATEOFMONTANA
County of

Missoula

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:ss.
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Jeffrey B. Smith, being duly sworn upon his oath, deposes and says:
I

.

I am

a member

of the firm of Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP,

attorneys for Defendant Lee Enterprises, Inc., in the above action.

2.

The facts stated in the City and Library Defendants' Brief in

Opposition to Plaintiff s Motion for Recusal are true and correct to the best of my
knowledge, information and belief.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this
bv Jeffrev B. Smith.

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101'

auy of May. 2011

or printed name of notary

LIC, STATE OFMONTANA
My Commission Expires:

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certit/ that on May 10,201l,

a copy of the foregoing document was

served on the following persons by the following means:

1J

CM/ECF
Hand Delivery

Mail
Overnight Delivery Service
Fax

E-Mail

l.

Clerk, U.S. District Court

2.

Michael E. Spreadbury
P.O. Box 416
Hamilton, MT 59840
Pro Se Plaintiff

3.

William L. Crowley
Natasha Prinzing Jones
Thomas J. Leonard
[e-mail]
npj ones@boonekarlberg. com
tleonard@boonekarlberg. com
Attomeys for Defendants Bitterroot Public Library, City of Hamilton, and
Boone Karlbere P.C.

Sandra E. Codman

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