Michael Mann has lost a motion in the DC Superior Court. He will now be responsible for the majority of legal costs for discovery in his perpetual libel suits against Steyn and the National Review.
Michael Mann has lost a motion in the DC Superior Court. He will now be responsible for the majority of legal costs for discovery in his perpetual libel suits against Steyn and the National Review.
The juicy part is that defendant’s (Steyn and CEI) petition to compel discovery has been granted. Could be the next Climategate
Unfortunately it’s for less than $10,000 USD. He’s refusing to pay what he lost, legally, to Dr. Tim Ball in Canadian court (and apparently can’t be compelled unless he travels to Canada sometime and is taken into custody as a scofflaw). Lawfare at its finest, the process is the punishment.
From the comments, apparently the same judge has quashed Mark Steyn’s counter-suit on the basis that (at this time, at the discretion of this judge) a reasonable jury would not find against the plaintif in the original case (therefore the counter-suit is inappropriate? I couldn’t pull the meaning from the comments in my original read.). If the original suit fails then Steyn can re-file. I’ll leave the case of whether Steyn could re-file in case of Mann abandoning the case to the legally trained amongst this community.
This is a nice step, hopefully the result of Dr. Ball’s win will be acceptable as evidence that Mann is not prosecuting in good faith (just as his constant delays are evidence of the same).
Not a lawyer but as far as I understand a judgement of a Canadian court can be filed in a US court and becomes legally collectible. Whether anything could actually be collected is another story.
((((He’s refusing to pay what he lost, legally, to Dr. Tim Ball in Canadian court (and apparently can’t be compelled unless he travels to Canada sometime and is taken into custody as a scofflaw). Lawfare at its finest, the process is the punishment.)))))
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Ooops, someone just wrote a formal letter to Penn State University pointing out that a full professor in their Meteorology department is ignoring an order of the Canadian court system. I asked them to comment, and will post how they respond. Just for kicks and giggles, I wrote a similar letter to the EPA attention of the Federal Grants program and asked them to comment as well.
Dandy!
The arrogant little prick has earned all the shit that can be shovelled his way.
What about travel by Mann in other commonwealth countries? Is there any way to have some kind of warrant issued when he travels to Australia and New Zealand for example?
IIRC he’s in Oz ATM at one of the universities
Mann (hardly) needs to be kicked in the box. What a cowardly sack of shit.
Sadly, I don’t think Mann is personally paying any of these bills. I am certain he has unseen backers.
If he still had backers, the bills would have been paid.
Whatever backers he did have were leftist rats just like Mann, inherently dishonest and treacherous, and now that Mann has been discredited, his rat-backers are deserting.
Mann has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the glowbullists since before anyone ever heard of him. You may rest assured any bills he wants to pay are paid. The glowbullists would not want anyone to think they did not look after their valued servants.
I’m sure the IRS will be interested in any undeclared income.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving fellow. Do you think this will get onto Mann’s Wikipage?
No, the wiki gatekeepers will make sure that truth doesn’t contaminate their pages on anything that could be politically controversial. Only one view is ever represented, lest the coming utopia be delayed by inconvenient facts or reality.
I’m sure that unDork the believer will contribute to Mikey mannless’ cause.
1) The payments which are undoubtedly being made by third parties, to cover Mann’s legal expenses are probably a personal benefit to Mann and quite possibly classified as income. Wonder if those amounts show up in his tax returns?
2) Does anyone know if Dr. Ball has made any progress in having his legal accounts assessed or taxed in BC? Once the amount is assessed by the Court, it becomes a *Judgment* amount. Dr. Ball is then entitled to enforce that Judgment by any legal means, including registering the BC Judgment with a county court in Pennsylvania. Registration across borders can by picky but there are statutes which make it doable. Once registered in Center County, the registered Judgment is a lien on any real property owned by the debtor. Does anyone know if Mann owns a home in State College, Penn? Most registration statutes do not require that notice by given to the debtor.
Also registration deems the Judgment to be the same as a locally obtained judgment. So enforcement by Dr. Ball’s local attorneys could include judgment debtor examinations, or garnishment writs directed to the University, or seizure writs directed to the Sheriff to seize and sell Mann’s assets such as any car, boat or snowmobile he owns. A judgment debtor examination would usually include access to the debtor’s tax returns, and other documents. The same documents can be reached if Mann attempts to declare bankruptcy. It is unclear whether Mann would be denied the ability to discharge the debt to Dr. Ball on the ground of fraud: it’s a bit of stretch to call his contumacious delay a fraudulent act, but maybe, especially if Dr. Ball’s debt is the only debt. The outcome might depend on his overall financial position, including the equity in his home.