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UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT
SOUTHERNDISTRICTOFFLORIDA
MIAMIDIVISION

CASENO.1520782CIVMARTINEZ/GOODMAN

DENNISL.MONTGOMERY,

Plaintiff,

v.

JAMESRISEN,etal.,

Defendants.
__________________________/

POSTSANCTIONSHEARINGADMINISTRATIVEORDER

On January 5, 2016, the Undersigned held a motion hearing concerning

DefendantsMotionforSanctions[ECFNo.166].Attheconclusionofthehearing,the
UndersignedORDEREDthefollowing:

1.

Plaintiff shall,1 by January 11, 2016, submit a list of authorities (not a

memorandum of law) to support the view espoused at the hearing that a defamation
plaintiff may prove either falsity or recklessness (and that recklessness can substitute
forfalsity).Thelistofauthoritiesmustshowonlythecasecitationsthatrepresentthis
propositionand(atmost)aonesentencesummaryoftheholding.Defendantsmay,by
January 13, 2016, submit a reciprocal list of authorities for the proposition that a
1

If Plaintiffs counsel concludes that there is no legal authority supporting his

viewthatadefamationplaintiffneednotestablishfalsityifhecanestablishrecklessness
ormalicebythedefendant,thenheshallfileasuccinctnoticeadvisingtheCourtthat
hispositionisnotsupportable.

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defamation plaintiff must show falsity, regardless of whether recklessness is

demonstrated. Defendants reciprocal list of authorities also must show only case
citationsand(atmost)aonesentencesummaryoftheholding.

2.

Plaintiffshall,byJanuary11,2016,fileaNoticeofFilingpinpointingpage

numbersfromthetranscriptoftheAugust21,2015DiscoveryHearing[ECFNos.106;
110]wherePlaintiffscounselstatedthatPlaintiffwasnotsureifheactuallypossessed
thesoftwareatissueand/ordidnotknowifhe,infact,hadturneditovertotheFBI.To
theextentthatPlaintiffscounselnowclaimsthatPlaintiffmerelythoughthepossessed
thesoftwareandturneditover(anyequivocationi.e.,thought,maybe,etc.),then
Plaintiffshallpinpointthoseinstancesfromthehearingtranscript.

3.

Defendantsshall,byJanuary11,2016,filethevideorecordingofPlaintiffs

deposition conventionally with the Clerks Office. The Clerks Office is directed to
acceptthevideorecordingonbehalfoftheCourtandtoholditintheRecordsSection
pending further CourtOrder.Additionally, Defendantsshall, bythesameJanuary 11,
2016 deadline, deliver courtesy copies of the video recording to the Chambers of the
UndersignedandtoPlaintiffscounsel.

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4.

Defendants shall, by January 11, 2016, file a Notice of Filing the page

saverversionoftheentiretranscriptofPlaintiffsdepositiononCM/ECF.

DONEANDORDEREDinChambers,atMiami,Florida,January6,2016.

Copiesfurnishedto:
TheHonorableJoseE.Martinez
Allcounselofrecord