> “The denial was sitting on my desk before I got back to the office.”
LOL!
That’s being honest LOL!
> “I’m betting Sullivan doesn’t respond at all and issues the dismissal on the 9th day, thus rendering the issue moot.”
Yep, except it wasn’t his idea to begin with.
If I were him, I’d ask for special super-duper beyond top secret witness protection provisions including plastic surgery for myself and family.
Maybe there’s a bolthole in Jamaica somewhere to be a 420 weed merchant or something. Judge might look good in Rastafarian garb, beads, rat tail hair pieces etc. Hell, this Judge might find new life as a judge in the new utopia of South Africa where there are still Flynn-looking beings ripe to railroad into kangeroo courts. Plenty of options, plenty.
Took me a couple of days to prepare it. Only took the court a couple of minutes to deny it. I was hoping it would take at least a couple of days. I needed some time to bask in the glory of my brilliant legal skills. No such luck.
The client still paid my bill. I told them it was a long shot. But it got short shrift.