Posted on 08/25/2006 4:41:30 AM PDT by Peach
The much-publicized Plame civil suit is off to a bad start. The plaintiffs moved for permission to leave their residential address off the complaint. Judge Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia gave the motion short shrift:
Plaintiffs ask that, ”[o]ut of respect for [their] privacy in light of their public visibility,”
Pls.’ Mot. at 1, they be excused from complying with rules requiring that each party to a civil action include his or her full residential address in the caption of the “first filing by or on behalf of” the party. See L. Civ. R. 5.1(e)(1), 11.1. This Court does not readily grant relief from the ordinary application of such rules, nor does the Court believe that a plaintiff’s mere invocation of Case 1:06-cv-01258-JDB Document 5 Filed 08/24/2006 Page 1 of 3 privacy interests and public prominence, without more, warrants an exception to rules that apply to all other litigants. Moreover, the implicit premise of plaintiffs’ motion—that their residential address is confidential—is questionable. In less than thirty minutes, the Court was able to ascertain plaintiffs’ residential address from multiple publicly available sources, including a database of federal government records. Indeed, an attorney who filed this motion on plaintiffs’ behalf has stated in a nationally circulated newspaper that he is plaintiffs’ next-door neighbor, and the residential address of that attorney also is readily ascertainable. Based on the current record, then, the relief plaintiffs seek is not warranted. [emphasis added]
Case 1:06-cv-01258-JDB Document 5 Filed 08/24/2006 Page 2 of 3 Clarice Feldman 8 25 06
If you're getting too much publicity, fire your publicist.
Better headline:
Lame Plame Game Tames.
Actually, I think their original attorney, who is a real lawyer from a reputable law firm, DID explain the facts of life to them, including the fact that they had a lousy case. That (and perhaps their unwillingness or inability to pay him) is why they are now represented their next door neighbor.
I claim blame!
the shame of it all!
Plame blames lame tame fame game
And one for Jenny and the wimp.
LOL. Yes, that too.
Lame Plame-Game Aim to Claim Name to Blame for Fame
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