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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, P l a i n t i f f ,

V . No.- 1: 03-CR-131-CC-JFK REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY HEARING

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NOTICE IN REGARDS TO JUDGE CLARENCE COOPER IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY HEARING TO PROCEED PRO SE

NOW COMES S c o t t H i n t z and r e s p e c t f u l l y r e q u e s t s l e a v e t o f i l e :

t h i s n o t i c e t o J u d g e C l a r e n c e C o o p e r i n s u p p o r t o f an i i r a n e d i a t e

e m e r g e n c y h e a r i n g t o p r o c e e d p r o s e . D e f e n d a n t h a d p r e s e n t e d

numerous s w o r n s t a t e m e n t s f r o m ' a t l e a s t 12 i n d i v i d u a l s , and i t e m s

o f e v i d e n c e r e q u e s t i n g t h e r e c u s a l o f J u d g e C l a r e n c e C o o p e r and

r e q u e s t i n g t h e r e m o v a l o f c o u n s e l f o r c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e r e s t r e l a t i n g

t o one o r more j u d g e s i n t h e r e c o r d o f t h i s c a s e . See and h e r e i n

i n c o r p o r a t e t h e J u n e 13, 2011 t r a n s c r i p t a t t a c h e d a s E x h i b i t A. The

r e c u s a l was r e q u e s t e d u n d e r t h e a u t h o r i t i e s o f 28 U.S.C. §455 and

28 U.S.C. §144 w h i c h r e q u i r e s :

Whenever a party to any proceeding in a district court makes and files a timely and sufficient affidavit...such judge shall proceed no further therein, but another judge shall be assigned to hear such proceeding" 28 U.S.C. §144

On May 22, 2008, D e f e n d a n t f i l e d a M o t i o n f o r R e c u s a l and a

M o t i o n t o S t a y P e n d i n g R e s o l u t i o n o f R e c u s a l (doc.258). The doc.258

f i l i n g was f u r t h e r s u p p o r t e d ; w i t h t h e J u n e 20, 2008 (doc.263), t h e

Ju n e 30, 2008 (doc.266) , a nd the; A u g u s t 13, 2008 (doc.268) f i l i n g s .

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"A judge i s under an a f f i r m a t i v e , s e l f - e n f o r c i n g o b l i g a t i o n to recuse himself sua sponte whenever the proper grounds exist...The duty of recusal applies equally before, during and a f t e r a judicial.proceeding. " U.S. v. K e l l y , 888 F2d@744 (11*'' C i r 1989, emphasis added).

In c l e a r e r r o r , with p r e j u d i c e to t h i s Defendant, and i n

v i o l a t i o n o f v a r i o u s laws and the U.S. C o n s t i t u t i o n , Judge Clarence

Cooper f a i l e d t o f o l l o w U n i t e d States Code mandates t h a t r e q u i r e d

Judge Cooper proceed no f u r t h e r t h e r e i n , but another judge s h a l l be

a s s i g n e d to hear such proceeding. M i n i m a l l y , i t was r e q u i r e d Judge

Cooper r u l e on h i s own r e c u s a l ''prior to'' moving forward with any

proceedings. J u d g e C l a r e n c e C o o p e r i g n o r e d t h e m a n d a t e s o f U n i t e d

S t a t e s l a w a n d o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s C o n s t i t u t i o n , a nd i n s t e a d moved

f o r w a r d w i t h h i s j u d i c i a l a c t s , i n the, f o l l o w i n g d o c k e t e n t r i e s :

(1) J u d g e C o o p e r s i g n e d an a r g u a b l y k n o w i n g l y u n j u s t and

a d v e r s e a c t i o n a g a i n s t t h i s D e f e n d a n t o n , M a r c h 14, 2011 (doc.271).

(2) U p o n ' i n f o r m a t i o n ahd-'.belief. J u d g e C l a r e n c e C o o p e r t i m e d

h i s o r d e r s a n d p r o v i d e d d i r e c t i o n . ' o n o r a r o u n d M a r c h 14, 2011 and

M a r c h 23, 2011 (doc.271 and doc.273) t o p r e s e n t an a d m i t t e d l y

c o n f l i c t e d a t t o r n e y , B r i a n Mendelsohn,' a s ; a p p o i n t e d c o u n s e l f o r t h i s

D e f e n d a n t . B r i a n Mendelsohn:''wa.s,' and i s , c u r r e n t l y w o r k i n g c l o s e l y

w i t h J u d g e C o o p e r . Mr. M e n d e l s o h n has a d m i t t e d , o f f t h e r e c o r d , and

i n r e c o r d e d s t a t e m e n t s t h a t he ^has s i g n i f i c a n t c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e r e s t

i n t h i s c a s e . , I n e m a i l s f r o m B r i a n M e n d e l s o h n , Mr. M e n d e l s o h n a g r e e d

he has i n f o r m e d a t t o r n e y C y n t h i a R o s e b e r r y t h a t t h e w h o l e :

" A t l a n t a F e d e r a l Defender's o f f i c e has ' c o n f l i c t e d out' and requested t h [ i s ] case be appointed to the Macon Georgia F e d e r a l Defender's O f f i c e " ; s e e h e r e i n i n c o r p o r a t e d E x h i b i t B.

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A t t o r n e y B r i a n M e n d e l s o h n ' a l s o i n f o r m e d t h i s D e f e n d a n t t h a t Mr.

M e n d e l s o h n h a d t o l d a t t o r n e y ' C y n t h i a R o s e n b e r r y , i n a s h o r t h and

v e r s i o n , a b o u t :

"Judge Baverman having a f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t i n [Defendant's] u n d e r l y i n g case, and Judge Cooper b e i n g i n v o l v e d i n ex p a r t e communications"; s e e h e r e i n ^ I n c o r p o r a t e d E x h i b i t B.

(3) J u d g e C o o p e r s i g n e d ; an o r d e r on A p r i l 2 1 , 2011 t o h o l d a

h e a r i n g b e f o r e J u d g e C o o p e r on June 13, 2011 (doc. 290) . The h e a r i n g

w o u l d n o t a l l o w a n y p r e s e n t a t i o n o r t e s t i m o n y o f e v i d e n c e r e g a r d i n g

D e f e n d a n t ' s c l a i m s ; s e e E x h i b i t A t r a n s c r i p t o f J u n e 13, 2011

h e a r i n g .

(4) J u d g e C o o p e r s i g n e d ' a ' s e l f - s e r v i n g o r d e r on June 3, 2011

(doc.356) w h i c h s t r u c k f r o m t h e r e c o r d , a n d t h e r e b y d e n i e d , t h e

D e f e n d a n t ' s a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r . t h e , s u b p o e n a o f b o n a f i d e w i t n e s s e s and

" o f f t h e r e c o r d " m a t e r i a l s ^ . : - f a c t s , e v i d e n c e a n d k n o w l e d g e

s p e c i f i c a l l y r e l a t i n g t o d i s p u t e d f a c t s i n t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s . Judge

C o o p e r r u l e d t o s t r i k e , a n d t h e r e b y deny ( e v e n d e s p i t e t h e r e q u e s t

n o t t o s t r i k e t h e P r o Se f i l i n g s ' f i l e d b y a t t o r n e y B r i a n M e n d e l s o h n ) ,

s u b p o e n a r e q u e s t s f o r : Judge Clarence Cooper (doc.352), Judge

Cooper's c l e r k s [Velma Shanks (doc.351) and K r i s t e n Glover (doc.349)

- b o t h c l e r k s , u p o n i n f o r m a t i o n a n d b e l i e f , were s e n t b y Ju d g e C o o p e r

t o w a t c h a n d r e p o r t b a c k t o Cftfdge C o o p e r ' t h i s D e f e n d a n t ' s " o f f t h e

r e c o r d " May 27, 2011 i n t e r a c t i o n s and c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a b o u t f a c t u a l

d i s p u t e s i n t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s ] . See h e r e i n i n c o r p o r a t e d E x h i b i t C.

J u d g e C o o p e r ' s o r d e r a l s o s t r u c k f r o m t h e r e c o r d , a n d t h e r e b y d e n i e d ,

s e v e r a l a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r t h e ' s t i b p o e n a o f o t h e r p e r t i n e n t w i t n e s s e s ,

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m a t e r i a l s , a nd e v i d e n c e s u p p o r t i n g D e f e n d a n t ' s d e f e n s e c l a i m s and

c l a i m s o f s i g n i f i c a n t p r o c e d u r a l : due p r o c e s s v i o l a t i o n s .

D e f e n d a n t h a s b e e n r e q u e s t i n g t h e r e m o v a l o f J u d g e C o o p e r ' s

a p p o i n t e d , b u t c o n f l i c t e d , c p i i n s e l s i n c e a t l e a s t A p r i l 13, 2011;

s e e and h e r e i n i n c o r p o r a t e ' t h e A p r i l 13, 2011 t r a n s c r i p t a t t a c h e d

as E x h i b i t D. On J u n e 13, 2 0 1 1 , D e f e n d a n t i n f o r m e d Judge C o o p e r

a b o u t Mr. M e n d e l s o h n ' s o f f t h e r e c o r d s t a t e m e n t s a b o u t t h e c o n f l i c t s

o f i n t e r e s t o f h i s o f f i c e .

Mr. M e n d e l s o h n , h i m s e l f , i n f o r m e d J u d g e C o o p e r o f a c a s e s i m i l a r

t o t h i s one i n w h i c h a c r i m i n a l d e f e n d a n t . S h e r r y Ramos, was

t e s t i f y i n g a b o u t t h e c r i m i n a l a c t i v i t y - o f a s i t t i n g U n i t e d S t a t e s

j u d g e i n t h e N o r t h e r n D i s t r i b t ; o f G e o r g i a . T h i s s i m i l a r c a s e ,

i n v o l v i n g f o r m e r S e n i o r U.S. ' D i s t r i c t C o u r t J u d g e J a c k Camp, r e q u i r e d

t h e e n t i r e A t l a n t a F e d e r a l D e f e n d e r ' s o f f i c e t o " c o n f l i c t o u t " ( t h e

case a l s o r e q u i r e d the r e c u s a l s of every judge i n the Northern

D i s t r i c t o f Georgia) . Ms. i:;:fiamos was' a l l e g i n g u n e t h i c a l a n d / o r

i l l e g a l c o n d u c t a g a i n s t f o r m e r ' U. S;.' Judge. J a c k Camp, and much l i k e

t h e D e f e n d a n t i n t h i s c a s e , was r e f e r r e d f o r a p p o i n t m e n t o f c o u n s e l

t o t h e F e d e r a l D e f e n d e r ' s o f f i c e f o r t h e ' M i d d l e D i s t r i c t o f G e o r g i a .

U n l i k e Ms. Ramos, t h i s D e f e n d a n t has' s e v e r a l more c o n c e r n s a b o u t

c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e r e s t b e c a u s e t h i s Def e n d a n t ' s s u p p o r t e d a l l e g a t i o n s

i n v o l v e a t l e a s t two f e d e r a l ' ' j udges and a t l e a s t one a t t o r n e y

a d m i t t e d l y v e r y w e l l known b y t h e , E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r o f t h e F e d e r a l

D e f e n d e r p r o g r a m f o r t h e M i d d l e : D i s t r i c t o f G e o r g i a .

The D i r e c t o r o f t h e VMl'ddle " D i s t r i c t o f G e o r g i a ' s F e d e r a l

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D e f e n d e r P r o g r a m , a t t o r n e y C y n t h i a R o s e b e r r y , h a s h a d r e c e n t

t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t h i s D e f e n d a n t and i n f o r m e d D e f e n d a n t

s h e has p r a c t i c e d l a w before;;;iiJudges C o o p e r and B averman f o r a l m o s t

t e n y e a r s . A d d i t i o n a l l y , M s . v j R o s e b e r r y s t a t e d she knows t h e p e o p l e

i n v o l v e d i n D e f e n d a n t ' s a l l e g a t i o n v e r y w e l l f r o m o u t s i d e o f t h e

a c t u a l p r a c t i c e o f l a w .

Ms. R o s e b e r r y i n f ormed;;r t h i s D e f e n d a n t s h e h a s met w i t h

i n d i v i d u a l s l i s t e d i n D e f e n d a n t ' s a l l e g a t i o n s s o c i a l l y and was a

r e g u l a r s t u d e n t a n d f r i e n d o f . a t t o r n e y / j u d g e M a r k K a d i s h . Mark

K a d i s h h a s a d m i t t e d , u n d e r - o a t h a n d i n h i s own s t a t e m e n t s , t h a t he

i s a l o n g - t i m e a n d v e r y c l o s e : f t i e n d t o b o t h J u d g e Baverman and Judge

C o o p e r . J u d g e C o o p e r t o l d ' M a r k ' K a d i s h , i n t h e r e c o r d and p r i o r t o

i m p o s i n g a s e n t e n c e i n ' t h i s , c a s e , t h a t t h e p r o b l e m s w i t h t h i s c a s e

"May come back to haunt [them]" v e r y : s h o r t l y a f t e r J u d g e C o o p e r was

w i t n e s s e d h a v i n g " o f f t h e reco'l::ci" ex p a r t e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w i t h Mark

K a d i s h a b o u t t h e f a c t u a l d i s p u t e s o f t h i s c a s e . D u r i n g D e f e n d a n t ' s

r e c e n t c a l l w i t h a t t o r n e y C y n t h i a R o s e b e r r y , Ms. R o s e b e r r y s t a t e d

she w a n t e d t o " c o n f l i c t out" h e r M i d d l e D i s t r i c t o f G e o r g i a F e d e r a l

D e f e n d e r ' s o f f i c e a l s o . '

M a r k K a d i s h was t h e ' a t t o r n e y p e r s o n a l l y s e l e c t e d by Judge

B a verman, o u t s i d e t h e r e c o r d o f t h i s c a s e , and f o r t h e u n d e r l y i n g

p r o c e e d i n g s o f t h i s c a s e . M a rk K a d i s h i s an a t t o r n e y who was

w i t n e s s e d h a v i n g ex p a r t e c o i t p - u n i c a t i o n s w i t h J u d g e C l a r e n c e C o o p e r

i n r e g a r d s t o t h e $1 m i l l i 6 h ' - ; d d l l a r s e x t o r t e d f r o m t h i s D e f e n d a n t

b y J u d g e B a v e r m a n , Mark K a d i s h a n d ' ^ ^ m b e r s o f J u d g e Baverman's

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f a m i l y . The t h r e a t s o f Mark K a d i s h , - J u d g e Baverman and h i s f a m i l y ,

a n d t h o s e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e y ( d u r r e n t ' p r o c e e d i n g s o f t h i s c a s e have

a l l u n j u s t l y a f f e c t e d t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f t h i s c a s e a nd h a v e a l l b een

i n v o l v e d i n i l l e g a l a c t i v i t i e s • r e l a t e d t o t h e f a c t u a l d i s p u t e s o f

t h i s c a s e .

E v e r s i n c e t h e a p p e a l s o f - t h i s c a s e ' s t a r t e d i n 2004, Judge Cooper

has s t e a d f a s t l y r e f u s e d to h o l d ANY h e a r i n g to a l l o w Defendant's

o f f e r s to tender a d d i t i o n a l p r o o f i n support of Defendant's requests

f o r r e c u s a l s , a n d J u d g e C o o p e r has now r e f u s e d t o a c c e p t a d d i t i o n a l

t e s t i m o n y , e v i d e n c e , a nd eveni-Jthe r e c o r d e d s t a t e m e n t s o f c o n f l i c t e d

c o u n s e l , B r i a n M e n d e l s o h n , ' wh6rhimself a d m i t t e d he h a d c o n f l i c t s o f

i n t e r e s t i n t h i s c a s e b e f o r e t h e J u n e 13, 2011 h e a r i n g s t a r t e d .

"Defendant prays t h i s Court w i l l a l l o w f o r testimony and the p r e s e n t a t i o n o f a d d i t i o n a l evidence i n open c o u r t i n support of the doc.258 and doc.301 motions" See and h e r e i n i n c o r p o r a t e doc.379.

S p e c i f i c a l l y , Def e n d a n t ' ; r e q u e s t e d t o h a v e p e o p l e t e s t i f y t o

f u r t h e r c l a r i f y s w o r n r e c o r d s t a l t e m e n t s , a nd t o h a v e o t h e r a v a i l a b l e

r e c o r d e d c o n v e r s a t i o n s a nd i t e m s o f e v i d e n c e p r e s e n t e d i n open c o u r t ,

t h a t s u p p o r t t h e a l r e a d y ' d l s S i i s s e d s w o r n e y e - w i t n e s s a c c o u n t s o f

J u d g e C o o p e r ' s e x - p a r t e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s and p e r s o n a l e x t r a - j u d i c i a l

k n o w l e d g e o f t h e d i s p u t e d - ' f a c t s ' - ' o f • t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s : (A) t h e

e x t o r t i o n o f o v e r $1, 000, 000 f r o m D e f e n d a n t , - (B) t h e numerous u n j u s t

t h r e a t s t o t h i s D e f e n d a n t from;'-£;lose f r i e n d s a n d l o n g - t i m e a s s o c i a t e s

o f J udge C o o p e r , (C) e x c u l p a t o r y ' f a c t s , a n d (D) t h e c o n f l i c t s o f

i n t e r e s t i s s u e s r e l a t i n g t o a t t o r n e y s i n t h e r e c o r d o f t h i s c a s e .

D e f e n d a n t h a s b e e n r e q u e s t i n g t h e r e m o v a l o f J u d g e C o o p e r ' s .:A:A S:tfr

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a p p o i n t e d , b u t c o n f l i c t e d , c o u n s e l — o n t h e r e c o r d — s i n c e a t l e a s t

A p r i l 13, 2 0 1 1 ; s e e a n d h e r e i n ^ i n c o r p o r a t e A p r i l 13, 2011 t r a n s c r i p t

a t t a c h e d a s E x h i b i t B.

J u d g e C o o p e r a b u s e d h i s d i s c r e t i o n i n s i g n i n g s e l f - s e r v i n g

o r d e r s on J u n e 9, 2011 (doc.376 and doc.377) r e f u s i n g t o a l l o w t h e

p r e s e n t a t i o n o f a d d i t i o n a l e v i d e n c e s u p p o r t i n g t h e r e c u s a l o f Judge

C o o p e r a nd s u p p o r t i n g t h e p r e s e n t e d c l a i m s o f t h e s e l f - a d m i t t e d

c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e r e s t o f B r i a n M e n d e l s o h n . I n f a c t . J u d g e C o o p e r

f r o m t h e b e n c h c o a c h e d a t t o r n e y ' B r i a n M e n d e l s o h n t o s t a t e he d i d n o t

ha v e c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e r e s t d u r i n g t h e J u n e 13, 2011 when Mr.

M e n d e l s o h n h a d s p e c i f i c a l l y s t a t e d t h e r e w e re i n ' o u t s i d e r e c o r d '

c o m m u n i c a t i o n s t h a t J u d g e C o o p e r - ^ r e f u s e d t o a l l o w i n t o t h e r e c o r d ;

see E x h i b i t A a n d E x h i b i t B.

D u r i n g t h e J u n e 13, 2 0 1 1 ' h e a r i n g , J u d g e C o o p e r w o u l d n o t a l l o w

D e f e n d a n t t o h a v e an u n c o n f l i c t e d " a t t o r n e y t h a t d o e s n o t p r a c t i c e

l a w i n A t l a n t a . I n s t e a d , J u d g e C o o p e r a l l o w e d h i s c o n f l i c t e d

a t t o r n e y t o make a r e p o r t t o , t h e ' C o u r t f o r - h i s own r e p l a c e m e n t . P e r

Mr. M e n d e l s o h n ' s r e c e n t report.-'(doc'.' ) and J u d g e C o o p e r ' s d i r e c t i o n

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t h e p r e j u d i c e h a s a l r e a d y b e e n done and .the i s s u e s h a v e become moot.

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a c t i o n s o f h i s a c c u s e r s , b u t Judge C o o p e r has f a i l e d t o a c t t o c o r r e c t

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b y j u r y . The f a c t t h a t D e f e n d a n t ' s a c c u s e r s h a v e c a l c u l a t e d t h e i r

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s p e a k s v o l u m e s a b o u t J u d g e C o o p e r ' s b i a s t o w a r d t h e m a n d a g a i n s t t h i s

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t h e c o n s t r a i n t s i m p o s e d upon t h i s D e f e n d a n t b y J u d g e C o o p e r .

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open c o u r t , t h i s C o u r t s h o u l d : v..--'

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numerous and c o n t i n u i n g v i o l a t i o n s o f D e f e n d a n t ' s 5 " and 6 ^

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o p t i o n s f o r u n c o n f l i c t e d c o u n s e l ,

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and M a g i s t r a t e - J u d g e A l a n Baverman,

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t h e D e f e n d a n t ' s a b o v e - l i s t e d • . c l a i m s ,

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f i n a l r e s o l u t i o n t o c o u n s e l a n d j . r e c u s a l i s s u e s .

T h i s 27^^ day o f June : 2 p i i : . :

R e s p e c t f u l l y s u b m i t t e d .

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CERTIFICATE QF SERVTCE

I, Scott Hintz, certify I have served upon:

A U S A Leshe J. Abrams 600 U.S. Courthouse 75 Spring Street, SW ' '' Atlanta, G A 30303

A true copy of the foregoing filing.

This 27th day of June 2011 by hand-delivering same to A U S A Abrams' office.

Respectfully,

Pagle l l o f 11


EXHIBIT A TRANSCRIPT OF JUNE 13, 2011 HEARING BEFORE U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE CLARENCE COOPER

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ATLANTA DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

-vs-SCOTT HINTZ,

Defendant.

Indictment No. 1:03-CR-131-CC

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Transcript of the Proceedings Before the. Honorable Clarence Cooper,

United States D i s t r i c t Court Senior Judge June 13, 2011

Atlanta, Georgia

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL: On behalf of the Defendant: Brian Mendelsohn, Esq.

Amanda Lohnaas, RMR, CRR -O f f i c i a l Court Reporter United States D i s t r i c t Court Atlanta, Georgia (404) 215-1546


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1 (Monday, June 13, 2011, 9:07 a.m.) 2 THE COURT: Thank you. Good morning, please be 3 seated. v.; 4 This i s the case of the United States of America 5 versus Scott Hintz. This matter i s before the Court on the 6 Motion f o r Leave to Withdraw as Counsel f i l e d by attorney Brian 7 Mendelsohn and the Motion to Remove Counsel f i l e d by defendant 8 Scott Hintz. Both Mr. Mendelsohn and Mr. Hintz are i n court 9 and w i l l be heard from at the proper time with respect to these

10 two motions. 11 Let the record r e f l e c t that the defendant brought a 12 motion for a reconsideration which the Court denied. The 13 Court's order denying the same w i l l be docketed i f i t hasn't 14 already been docketed. 15 Before the Court gets into the substance of these 16 motions, the record r e f l e c t s that also pending i s a Motion to 17 Redact Personal Information from the Motion for Leave to 18 Withdraw as Counsel.,, Insofar as the motion i s one that can 19 only be viewed by the Court and i s already blocked from public 20 view, the Motion to Redact Personal Information from Motion for 21 Leave to Withdraw as Counsel i s denied as moot. 22 Mr. Hintz also recently f i l e d a pro se motion i n 23 support of Document 258,' which i s the Motion for Recusal on 24 which the Court has already ruled, and Docket 301, which i s the 25 Motion to Remove Counsel f i l e d by Mr. Hintz. Mr. Hintz


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1 likewise f i l e d a pro se' motion i n further support of Documents 2 258 and 301. 3 Insofar as the Court reviewed these f i l i n g s p r i o r to 4 r u l i n g on the Motion for Recusal and w i l l take them into 5 consideration to the extent they re l a t e to the issues of the 6 withdrawal and the waiver of counsel, Mr. Hintz's motions are 7 granted i n part. The motions are denied, however, with respect 8 to Mr. Hintz's request for r e l i e f beyond the Court's mere 9 consideration of the documents themselves.

10 Today's hearing i s l i m i t e d only to the Motion for 11 Leave to Withdraw as Counsel and the Motion to Remove Counsel. 12 The Court hereby i n s t r u c t s Mr. Mendelsohn and Mr. Hintz that 13 you are to l i m i t your statements and responses to questions 14 from the Court to issues relevant to these two motions. The 15 Court w i l l not p r o h i b i t ..either of you from being heard on these 16 motions but the Court w i l l not permit discussion of extraneous 17 issues immaterial to the matters before the Court today. IB With that i n mind, the Court would l i k e to hear f i r s t 19 from Mr. Mendelsohn.' Mr. Mendelsohn, w i l l you approach the 20 podium? 21 Mr. Hintz, you then w i l l have the opportunity to 22 speak. 23 How are you t h i s morning, Mr. Mendelsohn? 24 . MR. MENDELSOHN: si.I'm f i n e . Judge, good to see you. 25 THE COURT: i n your motion you c i t e


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V 1 i r r e c o n c i l a b l e differenees; with Mr. Hintz as the basis for 2 bringing the Motion to Leave'to Withdraw as Counsel; i s that 3 correct? 4 MR. MENDELSOHf:- That IS correct, Judge. 5 THE COURT:,;;: Can you be more s p e c i f i c regarding the 6 nature of these differences? ,; 7 MR. MENDELSOHN:. Certainly, Judge. Mr. Hintz has 8 several strategies that he wishes to employ to defend against 9 the charges of revocation,;,; including some of the recusal

10 motions that the Court has already addressed, as well as 11 subpoenaing many witnesses: that — to address issues that I 12 believe are a b i t far removed from the factors that I see as 13 relevant to the revocatiph: issue. ,, 14 For me to go-out and subpoena these witnesses and 15 bring up these motions l! think would v i o l a t e my e t h i c a l 16 obligations i n terms of,what I think i s necessary to be a 17 proper advocate and what I can do within the bounds of e t h i c a l 18 representation. Howeyery;Mr. Hintz, based on my refusal to do 19 these things, threatensiibar complaints and indicates that he 20 wants them pursued, period. ' • : 21 THE COURT:; 'He's brought a bar complaint? 22 ^ MR. MENDELSOHN; ft?He has; not; he's threatened. 23 THE COURT: ; e*:s; threatened — 24 MR. MENDELSOHN;J Yes. 25 THE COURT: to bring a bar complaint against you.


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1 Go ahead. 2 MR. MENDELSOHN;! And then based on my refusal to do 3 t h i s , Mr. Hintz believes that I am i n league with individuals 4 who are accusing him:" of/misconduct and that I'm leaking 5 information to:them, \which I w i l l say on the record that I am 6 not. 7 But, however/f|h>ecause of that, that has severely 8 undermined our a b i l i t y to work together on these matters and — 9 THE COURT:" Let me,ask you t h i s . Have you made

10 attempts to resolve these differences with Mr. Hintz? 11 MR. MENDELSOHN:.-' :' T 12 THE COURT: ^^ 'B such attempts have you made? 13 MR. MENDELSOHN:. .Between us, we probably speak on the 14 phone a l l the time, we e-mail;dozens of times, we've met many 15 times. So I, you know, adding a l l of those together, you know, 16 over two dozen. 17 THE COURT:-.Over what? 18 MR. MENDELSOHN;'Over two dozen. 19 THE COURT: Thank ypu.; In your opinion, 20 Mr. Mendelsohn, why haven,'-1 you been able to resolve your 21 differences with Mr. H'?:h,'t;z? . 22 MR. MENDELSOHN: : Mr'. Hintz has an understanding of 23 the way he wishes,to defend t h i s case and he i s steadfast i n 24 that desire to do it.and I just don't believe that I ara able to 25 e t h i c a l l y pursue the things that.he wants me to pursue. I


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1 think he can do that-but'I don't think I can. 2 THE COURT:,; Thank,you.. Let me ask you t h i s . Did you 3 ever t e l l Mr. Hintz that you were only appointed to represent 4 him i n connection with the p e t i t i o n brought to revoke his 5 supervised release? .^/'-^^liij,; 6 MR. MENDELSOHN: i; That' s true, because he does have 7 c i v i l actions pending i n both-state and federal court, as well 8 as an underlying 2255 case, and i t ' s my understanding I was 9 only appointed on the reyocation matter.

10 THE COURT: ,-:pkay. Did you explain to him that t h i s 11 was a serious matter,/that he' could possibly be incarcerated 12 again i f the allegations i n the p e t i t i o n are proven to be true? 13 MR. MENDELSOHN: Yes,. 14 THE COURT: ,: lias; Mr. Hintz assisted you or cooperated 15 with you i n preparing whatever defense he may have to the 16 charges that he has violated,certain conditions of his 17 supervised release? : ' , 18 .MR. MENDELSOHN: ,j:Yes., I mean — I guess that's a 19 competency kind of question but, yes, we can work together i n 20 terms of t a l k i n g about what the defenses are and understanding 21 what they are. , We come,; to a d i f ference at whether I can do 22 what he asks me to do. 23 THE COURT:/:v,Thank ^ addition to what you've 24 already said and i n addition to the responses you made to the 25 questions put to you.by the .Court, i s there any other matter


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1 you want to bring to,thisrCourt's attention with respect to 2 your representation-of Mr/. Hintz? • 3 - MR. MENDELSOHN::*'';!\would l i t e ^ say, Judge, that 4 Mr. Hintz — I do believe Mr. Hintz i s competent. I t ' s not a 5 mental i l l n e s s thing or,"anything l i k e that. I believe 6 Mr. Hintz understands what's going on, he understands what the 7 ramifications are and has his own set views of what he believes 8 t h i s case — how t h i s case should be defended, and I think the 9 Court has seen that with the various f i l i n g s that he has f i l e d

10 on his own. And, you know, part of the reason he's f i l i n g 11 these things on his ;Own i s that I won't do i t . And so, again, 12 that leads us to part of, pur i r r e c o n c i l a b l e differences. 13 THE COURT: ;.;:Than'k you, Mr. Mendelsohn. 14 Mr. Hintz, please come forward. At t h i s time I want 15 to hear from you regarding'.any response you want to make to 16 what Mr. Mendelsohn has just t o l d the Court with respect to his 17 motion for leave to withdraw as counsel. 18 ^ THE DEFENDANT;Yes, s i r . S i r , I ' d l i k e to ask i f I 19 could c a l l him as/ a'witness/''^,4 ;:' : 20 THE COURT:,' No.- I want to hear your response. 21 ^ THE DEFENDANT: ;;.-Yes, s i r . ' Your Honor, Mr. Mendelsohn 22 has heard recorded conversations. He has also read several 23 a f f i d a v i t s , including'some that were from people that alleged 24 to have, ex parte qommunicatiphs with you. Mr. Mendelsohn said 25 that, and we j u s t a c t u a l l y talked about i t a moment ago


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1 outside, the fact that he's an o f f i c e r of t h i s court makes him 2 i n a very c o n f l i c t e d po&ition because he has to practice law 3 before you. From what',I understand he said that he's working 4 on a death penalty case 'with you. 5 And a Mr. Jerry Froelich we talked about and he said 6- i t appears that Mr. Froelich i s working hand i n glove with the 7 government and there v!3^s"'ec subpoena order that appears to have 8 come from you. Your Honor, i n regards to t h i s case and 9 Mr, Mendelsohn has agreed he,has no idea how i t could l e g a l l y

10 have been issued to Mr. Jerry' Froelich. I t i s i n the record 11 and he doesn't want to ask the government or you. Your Honor, 12 how that appeared to occur, even though we've agreed that i t 13 doesn't look l i k e i t couldhave been l e g a l l y done. 14 And because ,of his p o s i t i o n as a member of the bar of 15 the state of Georgia he feels uncomfortable and he said that 16 l i k e l y any attorney that: .has to practice before you or 17 Magistrate Judge Baverman would probably be c o n f l i c t e d to the 18 point where they wouldn't, be able to defend these positions. 19 A d d i t i o n a l l y , some of. the f i l i n g s that were brought 20 i n t o the record were f i l i n g s that,he refused to do because they 21 showed a f i n a n c i a l l i n k ^ w i t h i n the t h i r d degree of family to 22 one or more judges i n the^record of t h i s case. And, again, he 23 s a i d that even though-these things are true, and I understand 2 4 that the Supreme Court and the. Eleventh C i r c u i t says that 25 a l l e g a t i o n s contained dm a f f i d a v i t s must be considered as true.


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1 i t appears that these -.tiave been completely ignored to date. 2 And one of; the.things in. p a r t i c u l a r was a sworn 3 statement that stated- that Judge Cooper was witnessed as having 4 ex parte communications regards to the m i l l i o n d o l l a r s worth of 5 property that U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Baverman's family took 6 from me. And t h i s was a sworn statement and i t was witnessed, 7 i t s p e c i f i c a l l y witnessed'you. Your Honor, with Mark Kadish. 8 And a d d i t i o n a l l y there was another a f f i d a v i t that t a l k s 9 about —

10 THE COURT: Mr..' Hintz, I t o l d you I didn't want to 11 get into extraneous matters. 12 THE DEFENDANT:, S i r , I'm t r y i n g to l i m i t i t to 13 j u s t things — 14 THE COURT:, You're going into other things. Is there 15 anything else you might want to say regarding his 16 representation of you with respect, to the pending p e t i t i o n to 17 revoke your supervised release? We're not going into things 18 we've, already dealt with. ;,*. 19 THE DEFENDANT;.:;:; .-There's a few other things. 20 THE COURT :;'•':; Make i t b r i e f . 21 THE DEFENDANT: . Yes, s i r . In regards to witnesses, 22 he has not agreed to c a l l any; of the witnesses that I've 23 presented. We've gotten;, a f f i d a v l t s from some of the accusers 24 that on March 10th said'that I had done these things and they 25 threatened, and an of f iQe3:,;;pf the court provided an a f f i d a v i t


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1 s t a t i n g that they threatened ,to cause unwarranted things. He's 2 aware of i t . He actuall^;Sspok:e: to the o f f i c e r of the court and 3 he feel s uncomfortable;S'pu^^r^ again, i t ' s i n 4 regards to t h i s court and members of t h i s court, even though he 5 knows there's sworn statements that do support those positions. 6 THE COURTS. Thant.yW. : ,V t 7 ' Mr. Mendelsohn,/ l e t meihear from you again. There's 8 a matter he brought up that I'm t o t a l l y unfamiliar with, i t has 9 to do with a subpoena to Mr'.'Froelich that he's t a l k i n g about. 10 MR. MENDELSOHN: Well, i n the discovery, Judge, there 11 was a — some records from. F i f t h Third Bank that were provided 12 to us from the probatipn'officer. The return on the records 13 were from a subpoena that;were returnable to Mr. Froelich about 14 Mr. Hintz. ~. :,, 15 We don't know where?'that subpoena came from. I don't 16 know where i t came frpm,.;;; ;;*I don't „know what court issued i t , I 17 don't know how Mr. Froelich was able to get a subpoena for 18 those bank records. : ; , 19 THE COURT: J//Let me'ask you t h i s . Mr. Hintz i s of the 20 opinion that t h i s Court d i d ' i t ? ' ; //;,. 21 MR. MENDELSqH^;:J; Apparently he i s . I t o l d him I have 22 no idea where the subpoena came from and I don't know how 23 Mr. Fr o e l i c h has been able t o ^ g e t — 24 THE COURT: :Let the.rrecord r e f l e c t that t h i s Court 25 had nothing to do with/any/subpoena issued to Mr. Froelich.


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1 your r i g h t to be represented, by counsel with respect to the 2 p e t i t i o n seeking to-revoke your probation — your supervised 3 r e l e a s e / r a t h e r , i s onestHat you.make knowingly, i n t e l l i g e n t l y , 4 and v o l u n t a r i l y . 5 Consistent; with<.>tha-t, .1,want you to respond to the 6 following questions, .after which I w i l l hear from you. 7 Mr. Hintz, how old.are you, s i r ? 8 ' THE DEFENDANT?Sir, I 'm 41 years old. 9 THE COURT: ,, And how, much education do you have?

10 THE DEFENDANT: I've got some college education and 1 1 I've got some law classes under my b e l t , including one law 12 degree. • 1 3 THE COURT: 6;you have taken some law classes? 14 THE DEFENDANT':; J Yes, s i r .

1 5 THE COURT: , At a law .school? 1 6 THE DEFENDANT: I t was a correspondence law school, 1 7 yes, s i r . ' \ 18 THE COURT;., And you've attended college? 1 9 THE DEFENDANT:: ; Yes, • s i r . 20 THE COURT:• ,But you don't have a law degree; i s that 2 1 correct? , .V; 2 2 : ; THE DEFENDANT:'-..-Sir, I do have a law degree but 2 3 because of the conviction-I can't s i t for the bar. 24 THE cpURT: Oh,.you, have a — which law school did 25 you f i n i s h ?


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1 , THE DEFENDANT'; jiSI went -to 'W School of Law. 2 : : THE COURT;-yDb/Zypu have' an undergraduate degree, a 3 college degree? 4 THE DEFENDANT: , Yes,;sir. 5 THE COURT:'- In what?area?" 6 : THE DEFENDANT: 'in business. 7 THE COURT::;:'' '-Thank you. Are you aware of any issues 8 with respect to your physical or mental health that may 9 i n t e r f e r e with your a b i l i t y to represent yourself?

10 THE DEFENDANT: -No, s i r . V 11 THE COURT: . /i hank y much experience have you 12 had with the criminal:justice, system? 13 THE DEFENDANT; , „ Approximately ten years now, s i r . 14 THE COURT: , 'Teh'years?:' : 15 THE DEFENDANT;,. -"'Yes, s i r , ; approximately. 16 THE COURT:; ,/:Have a l l of these ~ has a l l of t h i s 17 experience been confined tp/the cr i m i n a l j u s t i c e system? 18 THE DEFENDANT;:'^ ' Nov : s i r .

19 THE COURT:' Okay,:; And I'm assuming you have some 20 c i v i l experience also? ' ' -21 THE DEFENDAN'T,; :;. Yes, s i r .

22 THE COURT:- Over' the' l a s t ten years? 23 THE DEFENDANT:'".Yes,-/sir.,

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1 THE DEFENDANTK';'?^ I represented myself 2 before the U.S. Supreme•Cpurt, 3 THE COURT: .Was that a c i v i l case or a criminal, case? 4 THE DEFENDANT: It "was i n regards to t h i s case at the 5 U.S, Supreme Court. 6 THE COURT:. The United States Supreme Court i n 7 Washington, D.C.?. 8 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, s i r . 9 THE COURT: In what year? .

10 THE DEFENDANT?'; .J believe i t was i n '05. It was when 11 my case was vacated and/remanded. 12 THE COURT: Let,me ask you t h i s also. Have you 13 received a copy of the p e t i t i o n charging you with v i o l a t i o n s of 14 the terms of your superyised release? 15 THE DEFENDANT:Sir, there's a couple of issues out 16 there, I guess I would l i k e , some c l a r i t y on them. 17 THE COURT: What I'm saying, have you received a copy 18 of the p e t i t i o n so charging you? . 19 THE DEFENI3ANT.?& S i r , I'believe there's more than one, 20 that's why I'm questioning i t , because I haven't received the 21 most recent one., 22 THE COURT: You might want to confer with 23 Mr. Mendelsohn. As I understand i t he's been charged with 24 v i o l a t i n g h i s supervise'^;,release: One, that he defrauded his 25 former employee of over'''$15r 000; and, two — go off the record,


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1 please. You don't have to take t h i s down. 2 (Discussion b f f tha:;,record between defendant and 3 Mr. Mendelsohn.) 4 MR. MENDELSdHN.,:VK We can go back on the record. 5 THE COURT:,. Okay, we're ready to go back on the 6 report. Go ahead, Mr, Mendelsohn. 7 MR. MENDELSOHN: I understand his confusion. There's 8 a supervised release reyocation p e t i t i o n which he has and then 9 the government has f i l e d ' a motion to revoke bond. And that's

10 when he was t a l k i n g ;— 11 THE COURT: ^Set aside the — 12 THE DEFENDANT: .,So i t ' s. two revocations proceedings 13 but one — • 14 THE COURT:' Set aside the motion to revoke bond. 15 THE DEFENDANT: : Yes, s i r . 16 THE COURT: I'm t a l k i n g about the allegations 17 contained i n the petition"seeking to revoke your supervised 18 release, they're alleging-that you v i o l a t e d two conditions of 19 your supervised release/ :;;.;;:j.5:,-\-;. , .

20 THE DEFENDANT,^ ' Yes . - • 21 THE COURT: One,, that you, committed another federal, 22 state or l o c a l crime; is;/that correct, Mr. Mendelsohn? 23 MR. MENDELSOHN:. That's correct. 24 THE COURT:- And'two/' that you f a i l e d to make known to 25 the probation officer-that, ypu, had some kind of bank account;


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2 if ' MR. MENDELSGHN : : Right. 3 THE COURT,:-; Those,,two,, are you f a m i l i a r with those 4 two? 5 THE DEFENDANT: Yes,- sir/; And those are the things 6 that I was a c t u a l l y .going to t a l k to you,about because Attorney 7 Mendelsohn i s i n possession of the actual accusers', he's 8 a c t u a l l y gotten a f f i d a v i t s from them st a t i n g that the 9 alle g a t i o n s are false;./'and, secondly, you know, obviously we

10 talked about Mr. Froelich!;,,s involvement, i n making false 11 statements into the caseyvr 12 THE COURT: So you,do understand the allegations set 13 forth i n the petition,, seeking to revoke your supervised 14 release? ; 15 ; • THE DEFENDANT^ll-Yes, , s i r ^ 16 ^ THE COURT:- ''''You " f u l l y understand those? 17 THE DEFENDANT: ; Yes^; s i r . And from my understanding 18 Mr. Mendelsohn agrees.with me:that the evidence shows that they 19 are f a c t u a l l y inaccurate, .-j;But from-ray understanding he hasn't 20 c a l l e d any of these ;'wlt;hes,ses : 21 THE COURT:''; t h i s . I don't want you to 22 t e l l me or to present ypur defense today because we're not i n 23 court to do that but^ 3: '. 24 ; , THE DEFENDANT^yiNo,, siir;./ wanted to l e t you 25 know that we've talked;''about i t and he doesn't want to pursue


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1 i t because of the people ...that, 2 THE COURTr,.:,Okay,: thank you. In consultation with 3 your lawyer, have you thought'of, what defenses you might 4 assert — • '/?1v/|€??'\-'^'" 5 ' THE DEFENpANT;:,/>We; h 6 THE COURT: -- ag'aihst> those allegations i n the 7 p e t i t i o n ? 8 THE DEFENDANT: :We have discussed them. 9 THE COURT: ydka:y, thank you. Do you understand the

10 sentence or penalties/you face i f you are found to have 11 v i o l a t e d any of:the terms'bf your supervised release? 12 THE DEFENDANT: Ye^' s i r , ; , . ; 13 THE COURT:,V :Qlây. Howrfamiliar are you with the 14 revocation proceedings?: 15 THE DEFENDANT:': :"Sir,- t h i s i s the f i r s t revocation 16 proceedings I' ve ever;>been involved with i n my l i f e . 17 THE COURT: Have-you discussed the nature of those 18 proceedings with Mr.'Mendelsohn? v' 19 THE DEFENDANT:; Not i n great d e t a i l because he said 20 that we obviously,wouldn't. have those hearings u n t i l some time 21 i n the future. 22 : THE COURT: : ::,Le,t:"iTie :ask ^ ^ ^ t h i s . Do you understand 23 that a s p e c i a l l y trainedvahd experienced attorney would be — 24 would better represent you,;:,given that you are not fam i l i a r or 25 as f a m i l i a r with revocation proceedings?


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1 THE DEFENDANT: Sir;- Mr.-ftMendelsohn I discussed 2 that, and obviously=a :well-trained attorney would work but 3 because of the issues.special to t h i s case we're i n agreement 4 that any attorney that's barred i n Georgia, would have to 5 pra c t i c e before t h i s Court, would probably have the same 6 c o n f l i c t s of i n t e r e s t . • /' 7 THE COURT: • .-•Have-you spoken with your attorney, 8 Mr. Mendelsohn, about the p i t f a l l s of self-representation? 9 THE DEFENDANT:. ! S i r , we discussed i t and he said

10 that — a n d we discussed the fact that he has a bar card and 11 the fact that that bar;card i s a c t u a l l y a hindrance i n a case 12 l i k e t h i s . 13 THE COURT:' Do yoU' understand that you are not 14 e n t i t l e d to have thesame access to the l e g a l resources that an 15 attorney representing you.would have? 16 : THE DEFENDANT:' ,Sir, that's where I'd have a l i t t l e 17 b i t of an issue because;!:would l i k e to have an unconflicted 18 attorney and I'd love to. have .'access to Pacer and a l l the other 19 things, e s p e c i a l l y i n l i g h t of the.fact that the U.S. Probation 20 O f f i c e hasn't allowed..me. to work., And because of those things 21 I'd love to have every bit. of the access to the same resources 22 as an attorney would: have.,,- ; 23 THE COURT:''' Have :youidiscussed t h i s issue with 24 Mr. Mendelsohn? ' 25 THE DEFENDANT::!:: No, we' have not discussed that i n


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1 d e t a i l . ; We discussed/i^ saying that i t ' s 2 possible that I .could go pf o! ,se 'ah counsel that 3 would b a s i c a l l y be alole' to p u l l up everything, e-mail things to 4 me and provide me some counsel, but I'd s t i l l be pro se. 5 THE COURT: ;;H;as;your attorney mistreated or coerced 6 you i n any manner? . i;;: ' ';? ; 7 THE DEFENDANT :/':Sir/::;;I::::wouldn't say t ^ ^ has 8 mistreated me i n - except the":fact that maybe he's con f l i c t e d 9 and maybe hasn't advoca.ted' for me as aggressively as he would

10 i f he wasn't a f r a i d about some of the repercussions for his 11 career. • 12 THE COURT: ? :,:;Today as you stand before the Court are 13 you asking the Court' nq|: only to remove Mr. Mendelsohn as 14 counsel of record but.are: you not also asking the Court that 15 you be allowed to represent yourself? 16 THE DEFENDANT: S i r , I'm asking that I'm allowed to 17 represent myself only .becausei::i. don' t f i n d that t h i s Court w i l l 18 be able-to f i n d an unconflicted attprney that would be w i l l i n g 19 to come before t h i s Qoutt.fln; t h i s state. 20 , THE COURT:;: Wellv;:.;let me ask you t h i s . Would you 21 l i k e for Mr. Mendelsohn to' serve as a standby to as s i s t you as 22 you proceed to represent yourself? 23 ' ' THE DEFENDANT'it I'd l i k e to discuss i t with him of f 24 the record i f possible . ^ we haven't discussed that i n 25 d e t a i l .


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V . ^ft 1 THE COURT: We .are,.going to take a 15-minute break. 2 During that time I want,you to discuss t h i s with counsel. 3 THE DEFENDANT:/i>-Yes, s i r . 4 (Recess, 9 r 3 f avm. to 9:45 a.m.) 5 THE COURT:. Thank ,you, please be seated. 6 Mr. Hintz, have you, had an opportunity to confer with 7 Mr. Mendelsohn — 8 THE DEFENDANT:" Yes, Your Honor, we have, 9 THE COURT :v -,^7- with respect to whether or not you

10 might want him to a s s i s t you as you represent yourself pro se? 11 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, s i r . We discussed three 12 d i f f e r e n t scenarios and 13 : THE COURT:' vCome forward. 14 THE DEFENDANT: ':Yes, s i r . 15 THE COURT: , I'm :sorry. . 16 THE DEFENDANT: S i r , Your Honor, Mr. Mendelsohn and I 17 discussed and my preference would not be to be going pro se but 18 given the circumstances I f e e l that I'm forced to go pro se. 19 So with that said,-, the f i r s t choice would be to have 20 a defender program outside of Georgia that does not have to 21 practice before t h i s Court.; The second choice would be to be 22 pro se with an attorne:yfputside the pra c t i c e of Georgia — law 23 i n Georgia. And the t h i r d choice would be to be pro se with 24 standby counsel-here'. , , 25 :, , ' And the issue that iwe just t a l ked about was i f I am



1 pro se, since there are, standing orders saying that I can't 2 interview some of the., iwi'tnesses against me and I may not be 3 able to compel witnesses:to t e s t i f y for me, i t brings a l o t of 4 Sixth Amendment questions and that's something that I think we 5 need to resolve. 6 In p a r t i c u l a r ,;-- l e t ' s see here, I just went through 7 i t — the rig h t to a public t r i a l . We discussed that the 8 accusers didn't bring thi s , . you know, i n any format that would 9 be more pub l i c l y , , you know, subjected to a jury. The fact that

10 we'd want an impartial jury, the r i g h t to confront and 11 cross-examine adverse witnesses, the r i g h t to compel favorable 12 witnesses to t e s t i f y , at t r i a l through the subpoena power of the 13 j u d i c i a r y , and the right to legal counsel, 14 THE COURT:, :Mr, Hintz, l e t me — 15 THE DEFENDANT: ::,;;I'm sorry, s i r ? 16 THE COURT: Let; me just bring to your attention that 17 the Court i s going to'grant your motion to proceed pro se with 18 Mr. Mendelsohn serving as"your standby counsel. 19 THE DEFENDANT: Yesf^'sir,; so i s that — 20 THE COURT:; .That:was the t h i r d option you mentioned. 21 THE DEFENDANT: ' So the f i r s t two options are denied? 22 THE COURT;: The;first two options are denied, the 23 reason being that Mr .'Mendelsohn ,,is thoroughly f a m i l i a r with 24 t h i s case, has been working, with you i n connection with t h i s 25 matter for how long; now, Mr. Mendelsohn?


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1 MR. MENDELSOHNi: Since'/March. 2 THE COURT:r, Since March, and he's an excellent lawyer 3 and I think that you know'Mm'/ t a l k with him freel y and 4 he's t o l d me that you'all cominunicate by phone and by e-mail on 5 a regular basis. So the Court i s going to ask him to do that. 6 But as pro se counsel//f6r, yourself you've got to obey the 7 orders of t h i s Court. Do you understand that? Whether you 8 l i k e i t or not. 9 THE DEFENDANT: Sir,' w e l l , that's where I do have a

10 question. I f I have to/pbey the,orders of the Court that means 11 that I can't cross-examine — 12 THE COURT: We'il-deal with those issues when we get 13 to them. You get with Mr. Mendelsohn, that's why I want him to 14 a s s i s t you and — 15 THE DEFENDANT:/'':; .Then I guess the other question i s — 16 THE COURT: ' , Let me f i n i s h . 17 THE DEFENDANT: , Yes, Your Honor. 18 THE COURT: There are cer t a i n l o c a l rules that he 19 needs to become fa m i l i a r , with —' and I want you to adhere to 20 those l o c a l rules —• and,:: Mr. Mendelsohn, you need to verse him 21 on those and with respect, to anything he wants to do, I want 22 you to a s s i s t him i n doing those things i f i t can lawfully be 23 done. 24 : , Mr. Mendelsohn,: I also want you to prepare an order 25 f o r t h i s Court's signature granting not only your motion to


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1 withdraw as counsel for Mr. Hintz but also granting his motion 2 that he be allowed to proceed'.pro se, given his background and 3 f a m i l i a r i t y with the criminal;'justice system,, based on the 4 testimony he's given today, and also the fact that you and he 5 have been working on t h i s case f o r several months. 6 THE DEFENDANT: . .Your Honor, am I allowed to ask a 7 question now? 8 THE COURT: I'm just thinking about a jury t r i a l . 9 Mr. Mendelsohn, you needito get with him on what the

10 probation — the supervised release proceedings e n t a i l . He 11 thinks he's going to- t r i a l and I'm glad that you w i l l be there 12 to help him understand the process. 13 What else, Mr. Hintz? 14 THE DEFENDANT?''..-Your Honor, just for c l a r i f i c a t i o n , 15 I'm not knowingly and v o l u n t a r i l y going pro se; I'm doing that 16 only because you have refused the f i r s t two options. And 17 second of a l l — 18 THE COURT: /Because I f i n d that the f i r s t two options 19 are contrary to j u d i c i a l economy and would prolong t h i s hearing 20 for I don't know how long/'-because you asked me to i d e n t i f y 21 some counsel outside of'the state. 22 Is that correct^,, Mr, Mendelsohn, i s that what he was 23 asking? 24 MR. MENDELSOHN: I.believe that i s the f i r s t — 25 THE DEFENDANT: , Somebody outside t h i s d i s t r i c t .



1 MR. MENDELSOHN: I-think:--2 , THE COURT:: Wait; 3 ' (A discussibri-off the record at the bench between law 4 cle r k and the Court.) ;';;:;:4;;i,:;=;i

5 THE COURT: ;:,Mr. Mendelsohn, you need to confer with 6 him. Either he wants to do I t pro-se and then we don't have to 7 appoint, another lawyer :to represent, him; i t ' s you or someone 8 else who one of the magistrate judges so designates. So he 9 needs to make a decision. He:can't have i t both ways.

10 MR. MENDELSOHN: Judge, I think what he's 11 requesting — 12 THE COURT: fliwant to hear from him, you need to get 13 with him. 14 MR. MENDELSOHN:' '.We've spoken about t h i s and — 15 THE COURT:: Well, you.know, the waiver has got to be 16 knowingly, v o l u n t a r i l y r a n d . i n t e l l i g e n t l y . He's saying that you 17 are fo r c i n g me to — 18 MR. MENDELSOHN: No; , 19 THE COURT::.That's what he said. I don't want to get 2 0 in t o that, 21 : MR. MENDELSOHN:; , I understand. Judge. What his 22 b e l i e f , Judge, i s that ;any lawyer who practices i n the Northern 23 D i s t r i c t of Georgia has ,a .conflict and so — 24 THE COURT: But did-you explain to him that was not a 25 c o n f l i c t ? He may think d t s a c o n f l i c t but have you explained


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1 that i t Is not a conflict?:;' . ' 2 MR. MENDELSOHN: ; : i;: have, Judge, but he s t i l l believes 3 that i t i s . 4 THE COURT: Okay, '"/ .,,,:': 5 •/ THE DEFENDANT'S?And, Ypur Honor, we discussed i t 6 and 7 THE COURT:; Let-me: f i n i s h . 8 THE DEFENDANT: — w e a c t u a l l y have recorded phone 9 c a l l s where he and —

10 : THE COURT := . ,Let: jne f i n i s h — 11 THE DEFENDANT:* : and other attorneys said i t i s a 12 c o n f l i c t . . 13 THE COURT: Mr. Hintz,' l e t me f i n i s h hearing from 14 him. Go ahead. 15 MR. MENDELSOHN:.-' So because he believes that 16 c o n f l i c t , he doesn' t: believe ;-1;;hat any attorney who practices i n 17 the Northern D i s t r i c t r o f Georgia can properly represent him. 18 That's why he's asking for an attorney from, for example, 19 somewhere out of the d i s t r i c t . For example .--20 THE COURT:::; Out .of the d i s t r i c t or out of the state? 21 MR. MENDELSOHN: "Well, he said out of the state but I 22 think he's more concerned about p r a c t i c i n g i n the Northern 2 3 D i s t r i c t of Georgia. , 24 THE DEFENDANT:' ' That would be — 25 THE COURT;: Excuse, me, I want you a l l to t a l k and


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1 discuss that f o r a momentlyV 2 (Discussion o f f -the.record between defendant and 3 Mr. Mendelsohn.) 4 \ THE COURT: /Mr;.; Mendelsohn, l e t itie hear frora you now. 5 MR. MENDEL3pHNlV Yes, Judge, Mr. Hintz's concern, as 6 I believed i t was, i s haiving .to do with attorneys who practice 7 re g u l a r l y i n the Northern D i s t r i c t of Georgia. So, for 8 example, i f there was a way to bring i n an attorney frora the 9 defender o f f i c e i n Macon,' .-.for example, who doesn't practice

10 here, that would be fi n q with him to be represented i n that 11 way. 12 - THE COURT: Let me -ask you t h i s . You've been 13 p r a c t i c i n g law as a federal defender for how long? 14 MR. MENDELSOHN:; 15 years. 15 THE COURT:; Have,you ever known t h i s request to be 16 made and granted? , 17 MR. MENDELSOHN: -It has i n some — there have been 18 some — I'm f a m i l i a r , for example,;; with, i n the case involving 19 Judge Camp, the young;woman who was i n the center of a l l t h i s 20 has been represented by;an attorney from the Macon o f f i c e . 21 THE COURT: Let me .reverse myself. I'm going to 22 grant your motion to withdraw and,I'm going to deny his motion 23 to proceed pro se, refeH'the matter.back to a magistrate judge, 24 who w i l l make the decision;^whether or not the attorney chosen 25 to represent him should'.come "from inside or outside the


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1 d i s t r i c t . 2 MR. MENDELSOHN: ..;:lf , i t ' ;/ 3 THE COURT: .'llfwant you to prepare an order to that 4 e f f e c t . 5 MR. MENDELSOHN:. : I, w i l l . I f i t w i l l be of 6 assistance, I can contact my colleagues i n the Middle D i s t r i c t 7 and see i f they would ^beiwilling;^to undertake such a 8 representation and provide that information to the magistrate. 9 THE COURT:. Well, ,I.think once i t was before the

10 Court we ought to wait ."' I'm going to deny his motion to 11 proceed pro se, refer the matter back to the magistrate judge 12 for the judge to make tha,t determination and at that time you 13 might t e l l the magistrate judge you've already been i n contact 14 with someone outside the d i s t r i c t . 15 MR. MENDELSOHN: Okay. But, s i r , i f you're granting 16 my motion to withdraw—^. S'-;, 17 ' ' THE COURT: ,',::risee what you're saying. 18 MR. MENDELSOHN: ;:;i:|.m happy to do a l l t h i s — 19 THE COURT: , Let the record r e f l e c t you go ahead and 20 prepare an order. 21 MR. MENDELSOHN:' I w i l l . ' And so i t w i l l simply say 22 the motion to withdraw'is, granted, the motion to proceed — 23 THE COURT:: For" the;;reasons stated. 24 MR. MENDELSOHN: For/the reasons stated, the motion 25 that the case i s referred back to,the magistrate court for


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1^" 1 appointment of counsel ,to,,;,idetermine whether i n d i s t r i c t or out 2 of d i s t r i c t counsel wpul'd jbe appropriate. 3 THE COURT:' Something to that e f f e c t . 4 MR. MENDELSOHN:,, And then at that point what happens 5 to the pro se i s s u e / i f the magistrate says, "I want to appoint 6 somebody l o c a l l y " ? : 7 THE COURT :;.,?Theh we --8 MR. MENDELSOHN : ,y Then we come back. 9 THE COURT: That's a l l I can say.

10 (Discussion off the record between defendant and 11 Mr. Mendelsohn.) : 12 THE COURT:,/ to else, Mr. Mendelsohn? 13 MR. MENDELSOHN:-I'm just t r y i n g to think i n terms of 14 p r a c t i c a l i t y . Judge. I guess,,,— 15 THE COURT: Mr.„,,Hintz has said that he r e a l l y doesn't 16 want to, proceed pro se,';.\that' s what h^ said. 17 MR. MENDELSOHN: '/ Right. 18 THE COURT: .? So 1,/can't grant the waiver. 19 MR. MENDELSOHN: I 'Hon't have a problem with that. 20 I'm ju s t thinking i n terms of in-the interim between the time 21 the case i s referred; back to the magistrate judge and the 22 magistrate takes i t up, you/know, there are — 23 THE COURT : ;/' ,Everything ..else i s to be held i n abeyance 24 u n t i l the magistrate makes, a decision. 25 MR. MENDELSOHN:; . Although we do have a hearing c.


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1 scheduled before Judge/fKln^ on the , bond revocation? 2 THE COURT:? That's; the bond. 3 MR. MENDELSOHN:: :. Right, but I mean i f — we probably 4 either have to put that:one off pending the resolution of the 5 counsel issue, I would think. 6 THE COURT:.. 'believe so i f you're out of the case. 7 MR. MENDELSOHN:;,:.! of the case and the Court 8 hasn't approved the pro se status. 9 THE COURT: You're out of ..the case because he doesn't

10 want you because he claims you're c o n f l i c t e d , although you're 11 not c o n f l i c t e d . 12 MR. MENDELSOHN:' Right, I understand that. 13 THE COURT: I' think., that i s something that the 14 magistrate may want to postpone, knowing that you are no longer 15 counsel of record for/Mr.; Hintz, unless he chooses to proceed 16 pro se on a l i m i t e d basis for that bond hearing. 17 MR. MENDELSOHN: .' : Right. 18 THE COURT:'; I don.'t .know .what he might want to do. 19 MR. MENDELSOHN:?: Right;; okay. Well, I've got 20 marching orders, I believe. And i n terms of any additional 21 pro se f i l i n g s between now :and the. time counsel i s appointed — 22 THE COURT: He's got to seek leave of Court for any 23 pro se f i l i n g s , any pro*se.: : f i l i n g s by him that are not granted 24 by t h i s Court w i l l :b'e::dehi^d and/you may state that i n your 25 order. • <


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1 MR. MENDELSOHN^• : A l l , r i g h t , Judge. I w i l l t r y to get 2 you a copy of an order by the:,end:of the day today. I have 3 another commitment that'ijwill ,:take/until about 2:30 or 3:00 but 4 I w i l l rush back and;try to get you something by the end of the 5 day so we can keep t h i s •movihg. ; 6 THE COURT:/?Thank you., 7 THE DEFENDANT; :Can we get a copy of the order 8 denying 37 9 and 382? 9 MR, MENDELSOHN::;' Right, that should be on Pacer, I ' l l

10 get you a copy of that. ; : ; 11 THE DEFENDANT : " 'Okay . And do I have leave to go 12 ahead and appeal that orders : :;, '

13 [.r \ ' THE COURT; /•This: hearing i s over. Thank you, 14 Mr, Mendelsohn, prepare/,that^^^^^ pursuant to my ins t r u c t i o n . 15 MR. MENDELSOHN:;' 'L w i l l . 16 THE COURT:/ Court i s ,now -in recess. 17 (Proceedings /concluded•at 10:02 a.m.) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25


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1 's;M'E?R T I F: I C A T E 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT jGOURT: / r.y 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF; GEORGIA;f "'/;;,:^ 5 5 I hereby c e r t i f y that the foregoing pages, 1 through 7 30, are a true and correct-;copy of the proceedings i n the case 8 aforesaid. 9 This the 22nd day .of June, 2011. 10 11 r Affr y . . .

,; Amanda/, Lohnaas 12 • -

Amanda' Lohnaas, CCR-B-580, RMR, CRR 13 : Official;-Court, Reporter

United States D i s t r i c t Court 14 v.^^. ^ . '

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EXHIBIT B EMAILS - ATTORNEYS BRIAN MENDELSOHN AND

CYNTHIA ROSEBERRY.

Three (3) pages to follow t h i s page.


From: Br i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected]> Date: F r i , 24 Jun 2011 17:13:59 To: Scott Hintz Subject: Re: Macon Questions

That sounds accurate. Page

From: Scott Hintz < ^ Sent: 06/24/2011 08:46 PM GMT To: B r i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Macon Questions

I j u s t want to ensure I am c a r e f u l and cautious before moving forward. Where her statement's r i g h t ? She s a i d you c a l l e d her and t o l d her your o f f i c e c o n f l i c t e d out and you asked i f her o f f i c e would e n t e r t a i n appointment. Is t h i s c o r rect? I would not ask i f i t were not important to get the f a c t s s t r a i g h t .

Thank you, Scott

From: B r i a n Mendelsohn <Brian Mendelsohngfd.org> Date: F r i , 24 Jun 2011 16:44:15 -0400 To: Scott Hintz Subject: Re: Macon Questions

Sc o t t ,

She and I had a b r i e f conversation when I c a l l e d her up out of the blue on i t . You should j u s t e x p l a i n your case to her as she i s t r u l y s t a r t i n g from a clean s l a t e .

B r i a n

From: Scott Hintz Sent: 06/24/2011 08:38 PM GMT To: B r i a n Mendelsohn Subject: Re: Macon Questions

B r i a n ,

I j u s t spoke to t h e i r o f f i c e . Cynthia s t a t e d she was t o l d your o f f i c e s t a t e d the whole A t l a n t a Federal Defender's o f f i c e has " c o n f l i c t e d out" and requested the case be appointed to the Macon Georgia Federal Defender's O f f i c e .

Do these statements from Cynthia Roseberry sound accurate to you i n regards to your contact w i t h her o f f i c e ?

Scott O r i g i n a l Message

From: B r i a n Mendelsohn To: Scott H i n t z Subject: Re: Macon Questions Sent: Jun 24, 2011 3:54 PM

I gave a v e r y short hand v e r s i o n about Judge Baverman having a f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t i n your u n d e r l y i n g case and judge Cooper being i n v o l v e d i n ex

Exhibit B


parte communications. Very abbreviated. I would suggest that you communicate w i t h them.

B r i a n

From: Scott H i n t z To: B r i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected]> Date: 06/24/2011 03:44 PM Pag Subject: Re: Macon Questions

6 What d i d you say where the c o n f l i c t of i n t e r e s t issues? S''^ What s p e c i f i c s were given?

O r i g i n a l Message From: B r i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected]> To: Scott Hintz Subject: Re: Macon Questions Sent: Jun 24, 2011 3:43 PM

I t o l d her b r i e f l y of the c o n f l i c t issue and that i s why the case i s being sent to Macon.

From: Scott Hintz To: B r i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected]> Date: 06/24/2011 03:39 PM Subject: Macon Questions

Bryan, 1) Did you t e l l anything about me? 2) Why does she t h i n k an A t l a n t a case i s being sent to Macon f o r representation? 3) What d i d you communicate to her i n regards to my case being sent t o her o f f i c e ? Thanks.

O r i g i n a l Message From: B r i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected] To: Scott Hintz Subject: Re: Appointment Order Sent: Jun 24, 2011 3:34 PM I gave her a b r i e f summary of the appointment s i t u a t i o n and sent her copies of Cooper's order removing me and a copy of the rev o c a t i o n packet. I have not sent her dis c o v e r y or the case f i l e . B r i a n

From: Scott Hintz To: B r i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected]> Date: 06/24/2011 03:30 PM Subject: Re: Appointment Order

Br i a n ,

What have you t o l d Cynthia about my case so far?

Scott On 6/24/11, B r i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > (See attached f i l e : Cynthia Appointment.pdf)

Exhibit B


From: Scott Hintz Date: F r i , 24 Jun 2011 21:32:03 +0000 Subject: Macon appointment To: Cynthia Roseberry <[email protected]> Cc: B r i a n Mendelsohn <[email protected]>, Debra Spratt <[email protected]>, Stephanie Kearns <[email protected]>

Ms. Roseberry,

Thank you f o r t a k i n g the time to speak with me today. Per our c a l l , ^'if you s a i d Mr. B r i a n Mendelsohn t o l d you that the A t l a n t a Federal Defender's O f f i c e had ' c o n f l i c t e d out' t h e i r o f f i c e and had recommended your o f f i c e to the A t l a n t a United States D i s t r i c t Court f o r the appointment of counsel.

Thank you f o r e x p l a i n i n g your understanding of the case. I look forward to speaking w i t h you e a r l y next week. Thank you a l s o f o r explaning your out of court r e l a t i o n s h i p s with some of the people included i n my a l l e g a t i o n s . Some, but not a l l , of the people i n v o l v e d are included i n Mr. Mendelsohn's email below

From: B r i a n Mendelsohn To: Scott Hintz Subject: Re: Macon Questions Sent: Jun 24, 2011 3:54 PM

I gave a very short hand v e r s i o n about Judge Baverman having a f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t i n your u n d e r l y i n g case and judge Cooper being i n v o l v e d i n ex parte communications. Very abbreviated. I would suggest tha t you communicate with them.

B r i a n

Exhibit B


EXHIBIT C SUBPOENAS OF JUDGE CLARENCE COOPER AND OF

THE CLERKS FOR JUDGE CLARENCE COOPER (VELMA SHANKS AND KRISTEN GLOVER)

Twenty-one (21) pages to follow this cover page.


Case 1:03-cr-00131-CC Document349 Filed 06/01/11 Pagel of 7

FILED IN CLERK'S 0 U.S.D.C. - Atlanta

IN THE UNITED STATES.DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

ATLANTA DIVISION J U H O l Z01I

JAMEi Page I 1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA P l a i n t i f f ,

ci 2 I

V. No. 1:03-CR-131-CC-JFK

SCOTT HINTZ, Defendant

APPLICATION IN FORMA PAUPERIS FOR ORDER REQUIRING SUBPOENA TO BE ISSUED FOR SERVICE

NOW COMES S c o t t H i n t z , p u r s u a n t t o R u l e 17 (B) and 17 (c) , F e d e r a l

R u l e s o f C r i m i n a l P r o c e d u r e and p r a y s f o r i s s u a n c e by t h i s C ourt of

an Order r e q u i r i n g s e r v i c e of' a subpoena, a t Government expense,

upon: K r i s t e n Glover, i n her i n d i v i d u a l capacity, 75 Spring Street

SW, 1701 Richard B. R u s s e l l Building, A t l a n t a , Georgia 30303.

Phone: (404)215-1394.

I n s u p p o r t h e r e o f t h e P e t i t i o n e r shows t h e f o l l o w i n g :

The P e t i t i o n e r was a d j u d g e d e l i g i b l e u nder t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f

t h e C r i m i n a l J u s t i c e A c t of 1964. T h i s subpoena, o r a s i m i l a r

subpoena, has been r e q u e s t e d s i n c e March 2011.

The a b o v e - l i s t e d w i t n e s s J h a s i n h i s / h e r p o s s e s s i o n documents

n e c e s s a r y f o r p r e p a r a t i o n o f t h e d e f e n s e o f t h e a b o v e - r e f e r e n c e d

Defendant a t upcoming h e a r i n g ( s ) b e f o r e U n i t e d S t a t e s M a g i s t r a t e

Judge J a n e t F. K i n g and o t h e r j u d g e ( s ) t o be d e t e r m i n e d l a t e r . The

Page 1 o f

Exhibit C


Case 1:03-cr-00131-CC Document 349 Filed 06/01/11 Page2of7

q u e s t i o n e d a l l e g a t i o n s o f R o b e r t W i l l i s o n and t h e a s s o c i a t e s o f

Gerova F i n a n c i a l Group L t d , .Net F i v e Group LLC and Net F i v e H o l d i n g s

LLC (who have p a r r o t e d h i s / h e r a l l e g a t i o n s ) — came a f t e r members

o f Gerova's l e a d e r s h i p , i n c l u d i n g R o b e r t W i l l i s o n , were f o u n d t o be

i n v o l v e d w i t h Westmoore — an ::,SEC-alleged $53 m i l l i o n - d o l l a r P o n z i

scheme. The q u e s t i o n e d a l l e g a t i o n s a l s o came a f t e r Gerova R e a l

E s t a t e Group L L C s bookkeeper;-; M i c h a e l Garone, was f o u n d have been

r u n n i n g a m u l t i - m i l l i o n d o l l a r money l a u n d e r i n g o p e r a t i o n a f t e r h i s

s e n t e n c e became p u b l i c i n f o r m a t i o n i n J a n u a r y 2011. M i c h a e l Garone

i s a l o n g - t i m e R o b e r t W i l l i s o n a s s o c i a t e . Gerova R e a l E s t a t e Group

LLC i s a s u b s i d i a r y o f G e r o v a . F i n a n c i a l Group L t d and t h e company

i s now known as Net F i v e Group LLC.

K r i s t e n G l o v e r , i n h e r - p e r s o n a l : c a p a c i t y , w i t n e s s e d and

o v e r h e a r d v a r i o u s s t a t e m e n t s alDout t h e s u b j e c t m a t t e r o f t h i s c ase.

She has p e r s o n a l knowledge o f e x c u l p a t o r y i n f o r m a t i o n i n c l u d i n g , but

n o t l i m i t e d t o t h e l o n g , and q u e s t i o n a b l e , b u s i n e s s d e a l i n g s of I

R o b e r t W i l l i s o n . K r i s t e n G l o v e r ; w i t n e s s e d D e f e n d a n t , and o t h e r s ,

communicate on and o f f t h e r e c o r d i n r e g a r d s t o t h e misdeeds of

i n d i v i d u a l s l i s t e d i n t h e r e c o r d :of t h i s c a s e and she was a l s o was

p r e s e n t t o h e a r t h e f a l s e , and p r e j u d i c i a l , s t a t e m e n t s o f o t h e r s

i n v o l v e d i n t h e s e same p r o c e e d i n g s .

M i n i m a l l y , K r i s t e n G l p y e r and U.S. D i s t r i c t C o u r t Judge

C l a r e n c e Cooper's d e p u t y c l e r k communicated r e g a r d i n g t h e May 27,

Page I 2

E x h i b i t C


Case 1:03-cr-00131-CC Document 349 Filed 06/01/11 Page 3 of 7

2011 h e a r i n g o f t h i s c a s e h e l d b e f p r e . M a g i s t r a t e Judge K i n g ; K r i s t e n

G l o v e r and U.S. D i s t r i c t J u d g e / C l a r e n c e Cooper's d e p u t y c l e r k were

t h e only two i n d i v i d u a l s present i n Judge King's court f o r the May Page | 3

27, 2011 hearing of t h i s case that were not there as ^part of the <;i^

proceedings'. The p e r s o n a l knowledge o f K r i s t e n G l o v e r , and h e r

comm u n i c a t i o n s w i t h U.S. D i s t r i c t C o u r t Judge C l a r e n c e Cooper's

depu t y c l e r k r e g a r d i n g t h e a c t i o n s and s t a t e m e n t s she w i t n e s s e d i s

r e l e v a n t t o t h e d i s p u t e s o f t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s and t h e r e q u e s t e d

m a t e r i a l s p r o v i d e s i g n i f l e a n t e x c u l p a t o r y v a l u e f o r t h e Defendant

a g a i n s t t h e r e l e n t l e s s a t t a c k o f f a l s e a l l e g a t i o n s f r o m h i s a c c u s e r s

(and o f t h o s e c o l l u d i n g w i t h " them) .

S p e c i f i c a l l y r e q u e s t e d under t h i s subpoena a p p l i c a t i o n a r e a l l

o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i t e m s d a t e d on o r between September 1, 2009 and May

31, 2011: a l l e m a i l s f o r any e m a i l a c c o u n t u s e d by K r i s t e n G l o v e r ;

a l l phone t e x t r e c o r d s f o r any phone u s e d by K r i s t e n G l o v e r ;

f a c s i m i l e s ; E x c e l s p r e a d s h e e t s ; W documents; and any o t h e r

documentary e v i d e n c e w h e t h e r / h a n d - w r i t t e n o r i n p r i n t e d format.

The scope of the requested items, above, are to be l i m i t e d to

items between K r i s t e n Glover and ANY of the following: Robert

W i l l i s o n ; Jerome J. F r o e l i c h ; Steven Estep; U.S. D i s t r i c t Court Judge

Clarence Cooper and/or any member of h i s s t a f f ; U.S. Magistrate Judge

Janet F. King and/or any member of her s t a f f ; U.S. Magistrate Judge

Alan J. Baverman and/or any member of h i s s t a f f ; any associate.

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E x i i i b i t C



representative, or agent of Gerova F i n a n c i a l Group Ltd; any

associate, representative, or agent of Planet Five Development Group

L L C ; or any a s s o c i a t e , representative or agent of Net Five Group L L C Page | 4

that reference any of the following: "Scott Hintz"; "Scott"; "JS of <|

Georgia, Inc."; "JS of Georgia"; "jsofgeorgia"; "jsofamerica";

"Fund.com"; "Westmoore"; "Sonata"; " E q u i t i e s " ; "Gerova"; "Net

Five"; "Global Etutor"; "Teledata"; "TransOne"; "Panama"; "Tom

McMurrain"; "Thomas McMurrain"; "Michael Garone"; "Mike Garone";

"Jason Galanis"; " W i l l i n v e s t " ; " B r i s t o l C a p i t a l " or " S t i l l w a t e r " .

F o r d a t e s on o r between September 1, 2009 and May 31, 2011, a l s o

r e q u e s t e d a r e a l l t e l e p h o n e r e c o r d s f o r any number u s e d by K r i s t e n

G l o v e r t o c a l l R o b e r t W i l l i s o n a t (678) 644-3383 and/or any o t h e r

number known t o K r i s t e n G l o v e r t o be a s s o c i a t e d w i t h R o b e r t W i l l i s o n

o r any o f h i s / h e r G e r ova F i n a n c i a l Group - Net F i v e Group a s s o c i a t e s ,

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , a g e n t s , i n d i v i d u a l s and/or companies l i s t e d i n t h e

p a r a g r a p h i m m e d i a t e l y above.

The r e q u e s t e d r e c o r d s a r e a l l deemed m a t e r i a l t o t h e defense

o f D efendant. A copy of the records should be provided to Scott Hintz

i n care of B e l l i , Weil, Grozbean & Davis at 8010 Roswell Road #200,

Atlant a , GA 30350 on or p r i o r to 12:00 p.m. on June 2, 2011 i n l i e u

of a court appearance.

P u r s u a n t t o R u l e 17(c)., Def endant ^ r e q u e s t s p r o d u c t i o n o f

documents sought by 10:00 a.mrfon June 3, 2011 b e f o r e U n i t e d S t a t e s Page : 4 o f 7 Sl'^

Exhibi t C


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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN "DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

ATLÎJTA^ DIVISION ;

Page I 6

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

V.

SCOTT HINTZ

ORDER

H a v i n g c o n s i d e r e d t h e f o r e g o i n g M o t i o n f o r I s s u a n c e and

S e r v i c e o f Subpoena, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED t h a t t h e r e q u e s t e d subpoena

be i s s u e d f o r t h e p r e s e n c e o f K r i s t e n G l o v e r , C u s t o d i a n o f Records,

who has i n h i s / h e r p o s s e s s i o n the:docuiaents r e q u e s t e d i n t h e a t t a c h e d

s u b p o e n a . . . ' l i r l ' ; •

The c o s t o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , s u b s i s t e n c e , and f e e s f o r t h e

w i t n e s s s h a l l be p a i d by t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s M a r s h a l i n t h e same manner

as w i t n e s s e s subpoenaed by t h e Government. In l i e u of a court

appearance, copies of the requested documents w i l l s u f f i c e .

SO ORDERED: T h i s f_ d a y ' o f June, 2011.

NO. 1:03-CR-131

UNITED;STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE PRESENTED BY: D e f e n d a n t . . . .

Exhibi t C ,6



600 U.S. Courthouse 75 Spring Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303

A true copy of the foregoing filing.

This I''' day of June 2011 by hand-delivering sarne to AUSA Abrams' office.

Respectfully, [./-"'''^'C'".:

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Scott Hintz, certify I have served upon: Page I 7

AUSA Leslie J. Abrams c4 u 5rt

Scott Hintz

Exhibi t C 7


Case 1:03-cr-00131-CC Document 351 Filed 06/01/11 Pagel of 7

CLERK'S OFFICE .D.C.-Atlanta

I N T H E U N I T E D . S T M E S D I S T R I C T COURT F O R T H E N O R T H E R N ^ t D l S T R I C T O F G E O R G I A

A T L A N S a . D I V I S I O N JUN 01 201!

U N I T E D S T A T E S OF A M E R I C A P l a i n t i f f ,

Page I 8

V. No. 1 : 0 3 - C R - 1 3 1 - C C - J F K


A P P L I C A T I O N I N . F O R M A P A U P E R I S F O R O R D E R R E Q U I R I N G S U B P O E N A TO B E I S S U E D F O R S E R V I C E

NOW COMES S c o t t H i n t z , p u r s u a n t t o R u l e 1 7 ( B ) and 1 7 ( c ) , F e d e r a l

R u l e s o f C r i m i n a l P r o c e d u r e and p r a y ? f o r i s s u a n c e by t h i s C o u r t o f

an Order r e q u i r i n g s e r v i c e . ' o f . a'subpoena, a t Government expense,

upon: Velma Shanks, i n her i n d i v i d u a l capacity, 75 Spring Street

SW, 1701 Richard B. R u s s e l l Building, A t l a n t a , Georgia 30303.

Phone: (404)215-1394.


The P e t i t i o n e r was ad j u d g e d e l i g i b l e under t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f

th e C r i m i n a l J u s t i c e A c t : o f ,;.3l964. T h i s subpoena, o r a s i m i l a r

subpoena, has been requested;.|;d::be f i l e d by c o u n s e l .

The a b o v e - l i s t e d w i t n e s s . h a s i n h i s / h e r p o s s e s s i o n documents

n e c e s s a r y f o r p r e p a r a t i o n ' . o f t h e d e f e n s e o f t h e a b o v e - r e f e r e n c e d

Defendant a t upcoming hearing:(s) before.. U n i t e d S t a t e s M a g i s t r a t e

Judge J a n e t F. K i n g and o t h e r ..judge (s) t o be d e t e r m i n e d l a t e r . The

Pager 1: of 7

Exhibit C



q u e s t i o n e d a l l e g a t i o n s of- Robert; W i l l i s o n and t h e a s s o c i a t e s of

Gerova F i n a n c i a l Group L t d , Net F i v e Group LLC and Net F i v e H o l d i n g s

LLC (who have p a r r o t e d h i s / h e r a l l e g a t i o n s ) -- came a f t e r members Page \ 9

o f Gerova's l e a d e r s h i p , i n q l u d i h g R o b e r t W i l l i s o n , were f o u n d t o be Sff

i n v o l v e d w i t h Westmoore — a n S E C - a l l e g e d $53 m i l l i o n - d o l l a r P o n z i

scheme. The q u e s t i o n e d a l l e g a t i o n s a l s o came a f t e r Gerova R e a l

E s t a t e Group L L C s b o o k k e e p i e r M i c h a e l Garone, was f o u n d have been

r u n n i n g a m u l t i - m i l l i o n d o l l a r money l a u n d e r i n g o p e r a t i o n a f t e r h i s

s e n t e n c e became p u b l i c infojrma,tipn i n J a n u a r y 2011. M i c h a e l Garone

i s a l o n g - t i m e R o b e r t W i l l i s o n . a s s o c i a t e . • Gerova R e a l E s t a t e Group

LLC i s a s u b s i d i a r y o f Gerova F i n a n c i a l Group L t d and t h e company

i s now known as Net F i v e Group. LLC.

Velma Shanks, i n h e r p e r s o n a l c a p a c i t y , w i t n e s s e d and o v e r h e a r d

v a r i o u s s t a t e m e n t s a b o u t t h e s u b j e c t m a t t e r o f t h i s c a s e . She has

p e r s o n a l knowledge o f e x c u l p a t o r y i n f o r m a t i o n i n c l u d i n g , but not

l i m i t e d t o t h e l o n g , and q u e s t i o n a b l e , b u s i n e s s d e a l i n g s o f Robert

W i l l i s o n . Velma Shanks ;:;:M t n e s s e d D e f e n d a n t , and o t h e r s ,

communicate on and o f f t h e r e c o r d ' i n r e g a r d s t o t h e misdeeds of

i n d i v i d u a l s l i s t e d i n " t h e r e c o r d ' o f t h i s c a s e and she was a l s o was

p r e s e n t t o h e a r t h e f a l s e , and p r e j u d i c i a l , s t a t e m e n t s o f o t h e r s

i n v o l v e d i n t h e s e same p r o c e e d i n g s .

M i n i m a l l y , Velma Shanks and'U.S. D i s t r i c t C o u r t Judge C l a r e n c e

Cooper's law c l e r k communicated r e g a r d i n g t h e May 27, 2011 h e a r i n g

: Page 2 of 7 5'f'/'

Exhibi t C •



of t h i s c a s e h e l d b e f o r e M a g i s t r a t e Judge K i n g ; Velma Shanks and U.S.

D i s t r i c t Judge C l a r e n c e Cooper's law c l e r k were t h e only two

i n d i v i d u a l s present i n Judge King's court for the May 27, 2011 hearing Page j 10

of t h i s case that were not there as ^part of the proceedings' . The ^ j^-

p e r s o n a l knowledge o f Velma Shanks, and her c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w i t h U.S.

D i s t r i c t C o u r t Judge C l a r e n p p law c l e r k r e g a r d i n g t h e

a c t i o n s and s t a t e m e n t s s h e ' w i t n e s s e d i s r e l e v a n t t o t h e d i s p u t e s o f

t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s and t h e r e q u e s t e d m a t e r i a l s p r o v i d e s i g n i f i c a n t

e x c u l p a t o r y v a l u e f o r t h e Defendant a g a i n s t t h e r e l e n t l e s s a t t a c k

of f a l s e a l l e g a t i o n s f r o m h i s a c c u s e r s (and o f t h o s e c o l l u d i n g w i t h

them) .

S p e c i f i c a l l y r e q u e s t e d under t h i s subpoena a p p l i c a t i o n are a l l

o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i t e m s dated,pn o r between September 1, 2009 and May

31, 2011: a l l e m a i l s f o r any e m a i l a c c o u n t u s e d by Velma Shanks; a l l

phone t e x t r e c o r d s f o r any phone used by Velma Shanks; f a c s i m i l e s ;

E x c e l s p r e a d s h e e t s ; Word documents; and any o t h e r documentary

e v i d e n c e w h e t h e r hand-written:t'Or i n p r i n t e d f o r m a t .


items between Velma Shanks and ANY of the f o l l o w i n g : Robert W i l l i s o n ;

Jerome J. F r o e l i c h ; Steven Estep; U.S. D i s t r i c t Court Judge Clarence

Cooper and/or any member of his s t a f f ; U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan

J. Baverman and/or any member of his s t a f f ; any associate,


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Exl i ib i t C



associate, representative, or agent of Planet F i v e Development Group

LLC; or any associate, representative or agent of Net Five Group LLC

that reference any of the following: "Scott Hintz"; "Scott"; "JS of Page j 11

Georgia, Inc."; "JS of Georgia"; " j s o f georgia"; " j sof america";

"Fund.com"; "Westmoore"; "Sonata"; " E q u i t i e s " ; "Gerova"; "Net

Five"; "Global E t u t o r " ; "Teledata"; "TransOne"; "Panama"; "Tom

McMurrain"; "Thomas McMurrain"; "Michael Garone"; "Mike Garone";

"Jason Galanis"; " W i l l i n v e s t " ; " B r i s t o l C a p i t a l " or " S t i l l w a t e r " .

F o r d a t e s on o r between September 1, 2009 and May 31, 2011, a l s o

r e q u e s t e d a r e a l l t e l e p h o n e r e c o r d s ' f o r any number u s e d by Velma

Shanks t o c a l l R o b e r t W i l l i s o n a t (678) 644-3383 and/or any o t h e r

number known t o Velma S h a n k s : t o be a s s o c i a t e d w i t h R o b e r t W i l l i s o n

o r any o f h i s / h e r G e r o v a F i n a n c i a l Group - Net F i v e Group a s s o c i a t e s ,

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , a g e n t s , i n d i v i d : u a l s . and/or companies l i s t e d i n the

p a r a g r a p h i m m e d i a t e l y above.'"'' '

The r e q u e s t e d r e c o r d s a r e a i l deemed m a t e r i a l t o t h e defense

o f D e f e n d a n t . A copy of the records should be provided to Scott Hintz


At l a n t a , GA 30350 on or p r i o r to 12:00 p.m. on June 2, 2011 i n l i e u

of a c o u r t appearance. >

P u r s u a n t t o R u l e 17 (c)'y,'; Defendant r e q u e s t s p r o d u c t i o n of

documents sought by 10:00 a.m.=on June 3, 2011 b e f o r e U n i t e d S t a t e s

M a g i s t r a t e Judge J a n e t F. K i n g , Courtroom 2008 a t t h e U.S. D i s t r i c t

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Exhibi t C



C o u r t f o r t h e N o r t h e r n D i s t r i c t - o f G e o r g i a , A t l a n t a D i v i s i o n , 75

S p r i n g S t r e e t , A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a . A copy of the documents requested

w i l l s u f f i c e i n l i e u of a court appearance. Page j 12

WHEREFORE, A p p l i c a n t . r e s p e c t f u l l y r e q u e s t s t h i s / h e r Court t o i s s u e an o r d e r r e q u i r i n g s e r v i c e o f subpoena upon t h e a f o r e m e n t i o n e d w i t n e s s a t Government expense.

Dated: T h i s 1^^ day o f :June, 2011-.

R e s p e c t f u l l y s u b m i t t e d ,

Exhibit C


Case 1:03-cr-00131-cc Document 351 Filed 06/01/11 Page 6 of 7

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERÎj' DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

ATLANTA.DIVISION


V.

SCOTT HINTZ

NO. 1:03-CR-131

ORDER



be i s s u e d f o r t h e p r e s e n c e of.-rVelma Shanks, C u s t o d i a n o f Records,

who has i n h i s / h e r p o s s e s s i o n t h e documents r e q u e s t e d i n t h e a t t a c h e d

subpoena.

The c o s t o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , s u b s i s t e n c e , and f e e s f o r the


as w i t n e s s e s subpoenaed by t h e . Government. In l i e u of a court


SO ORDERED: T h i s _____ day o f ;June, ,2011.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE PRESENTED BY: Defendant. :, ' •

Exhib i t C

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600 U.S. Courthouse 75 Spring Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303

A true copy of the foregoing filing. • • • • y y , . : i ' y

This 1 ' day of June 2011 by hand-delivering same to AUSA Abrams' office.

Respectfully,

CERTIFICATE OF SERVTCE

I, Scott Hintz, certify I have served upon: Page I 14;

AUSA Leslie J. Abrams

Scott Hintz

Exhibi t C 7



FILED JN CLERK'S OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES.; DISTRICT COURT U.S.D.C. - Atlanta FOR THE NORTHERN:DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

ATLANTA'^DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA P l a i n t i f f ,

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No. 1:03-CR-131-CC-JFK

APPLICATION IN FORMA PAUPERIS FOR ORDER REQUIRING S U B P O E N A : T O BE' ISSUED FOR SERVICE — • • — —, I ——^T-: : —• —-—•

NOW COMES S c o t t H i n t z , p u r s u a n t t o R u l e 17(B) and 1 7 ( c ) , F e d e r a l

R u l e s o f C r i m i n a l P r o c e d u r e and p r a y s f o r i s s u a n c e by t h i s C ourt o f

an O r d e r r e q u i r i n g s e r v i c e of:':'a_ subpoena, a t Government expense,

upon: U.S. D i s t r i c t Court Judge Clarence Cooper, i n h i s i n d i v i d u a l

capacity, 75 Spring S t r e e t SW, 1701 Richard B. R u s s e l l Building,

A t l a n t a , Georgia 30303. Phone: (404)215-1390.


The P e t i t i o n e r was a d j u d g e d e l i g i b l e under t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f

t h e C r i m i n a l J u s t i c e A c t - o f , 1 9 5 4 . • T h i s subpoena, o r a s i m i l a r

subpoena, has been r e q u e s t e d s i n c e March 2011. I ' • • , •

The a b o v e - l i s t e d w i t n e s s h a s : i n h i s p o s s e s s i o n r e c o r d s and/or

documents n e c e s s a r y f o r p r e p a r a t i o n o f t h e d e f e n s e of t h e

a b o v e - r e f e r e n c e d D e f e n d a n t a t upcoming h e a r i n g ( s ) b e f o r e U n i t e d

S t a t e s M a g i s t r a t e Judge J a n e t K i n g and o t h e r j u d g e ( s ) t o be

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Exhibit C

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d e t e r m i n e d l a t e r . The q u e s t i o n e d a l l e g a t i o n s o f R o b e r t W i l l i s o n and

t h e a s s o c i a t e s o f Gerova F i n a n c i a l Group L t d , Net F i v e Group LLC and

Net F i v e H o l d i n g s LLC (who have p a r r o t e d h i s a l l e g a t i o n s ) — came P a g e | 1 6

a f t e r members o f G e r o v a ' s , l e a d e r s h i p , i n c l u d i n g R o b e r t W i l l i s o n , S l l

were f o u n d t o be i n v o l v e d with''Westmoore -- an S E C - a l l e g e d $53 \

m i l l i o n - d o l l a r P o n z i scheme :'s|iut down by t h e SEC i n 2010. The

q u e s t i o n e d a l l e g a t i o n s also'came a f t e r Gerova R e a l E s t a t e Group L L C s

bo o k k e e p e r , M i c h a e l Garone, was f o u n d have been r u n n i n g a :

m u l t i - m i l l i o n , d o l l a r money l a u n d e r i n g o p e r a t i o n a f t e r h i s sentence

became p u b l i c i n f o r m a t i o n , in!;ijanuary 2 011. M i c h a e l Garone i s a

l o n g - t i m e R o b e r t W i l l i s o n a s s o c i a t e . Gerova R e a l E s t a t e Group LLC

i s a s u b s i d i a r y o f Gerova F i n a n c i a l Group L t d and t h e company i s now

known as Net F i v e Group LLC. ,.i ,

Judge C l a r e n c e Cooper, i n f h i s p e r s o n a l c a p a c i t y , i s a l l e g e d by

Jerome J F r o e l i c h t o have had'; ex p a r t e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w i t h Judge

C l a r e n c e Cooper i n r e g a r d s t o the s u b j e c t m a t t e r o f t h i s case.

Jerome F r o e l i c h ' s s t a t e m e n t s were o v e r h e a r d by v a r i o u s p e o p l e and

t h e sworn s t a t e m e n t s of,, sprn e, , o f t h e ' :people o v e r h e a r i n g t h e

co m m u n i c a t i o n s a r e e n t e r e d i h t o ' t h e r e c o r d o f t h i s c a s e . Judge

C l a r e n c e Cooper, i n h i s i n d i v i d u a l c a p a c i t y , has p e r s o n a l knowledge

o f e x c u l p a t o r y i n f o r m a t i o n i n c l u d i n g , b u t n o t n e c e s s a r i l y l i m i t e d

t o t h e v e r a c i t y o f c r i m i n a l Jerome' J . F r o e l i c h ' s s t a t e m e n t s o f h a v i n g

ex p a r t e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s with''Jhdge C l a r e n c e Cooper r e g a r d i n g t h i s

, , , Pagei,2,::.of .7

Exhibit C



Defendant. A d d i t i o n a l l y , Judge .Clarence C o o p e r ' s d e p u t y c l e r k and

law c l e r k w i t n e s s e d Defendan1f| '"and o t h e r s , communicate on and o f f

t h e r e c o r d i n r e g a r d s t o t h e misdeeds o f i n d i v i d u a l s l i s t e d i n the Page j 17

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r e c o r d o f t h i s c a s e and she was also-was p r e s e n t t o h e a r t h e f a l s e . So

and p r e j u d i c i a l , s t a t e m e n t s , ;=pf o t h e r s i n v o l v e d i n t h e s e same

p r o c e e d i n g s .

U.S. D i s t r i c t C o u r t ;Judge C l a r e n c e C o o p e r ' s d e p u t y c l e r k

communicated w i t h a t l e a s t Judge Copper's l a w c l e r k r e g a r d i n g t h e

May 27, 2011 h e a r i n g o f t h i s ,case''^;held b e f o r e M a g i s t r a t e Judge K i n g ;

Judge C l a r e n c e C o o p e r ' s d e p u t y - c l e r k and Judge C l a r e n c e Cooper's law

c l e r k were t h e only two i n d i v i d u a l s present i n Judge King's court

f o r the May 27, 2011 hearing of t h i s case that were not there as ^part

of the proceedings'. The p e r s o n a l knowledge o f Judge C l a r e n c e

Cooper and h i s s t a f f r egarding/'the a c t i o n s , s t a t e m e n t s and s u b j e c t

m a t t e r o f t h i s c a s e i s r e l e v a n t t o t h e D e f e n d a n t ' s d i s p u t e s o f the

a l l e g a t i o n s o f R o b e r t W i l l i s o n (and t h o s e s u p p o r t i n g him) which are

l i s t e d i n t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s . The r e q u e s t e d m a t e r i a l s p r o v i d e

s i g n i f i c a n t e x c u l p a t o r y •value:,:; f o r t h e , D e f e n d a n t a g a i n s t t h e

r e l e n t l e s s a t t a c k o f f a l s e a l l e g a t i o n s f r o m h i s a c c u s e r s (and of

t h o s e c o l l u d i n g w i t h them). '

S p e c i f i c a l l y r e q u e s t e d under t h i s subpoena a p p l i c a t i o n a r e a l l

o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i t e m s dated; qn.'or between J a n u a r y 1, 2001 and May

31, 2011: a l l e m a i l s f o r any;,:email a c c o u n t u s e d by Judge C l a r e n c e • PageT'S yof: 7 . ; '

Exhibi t C



Cooper; a l l phone t e x t r e c o r d s f o r any phone u s e d by Judge C l a r e n c e

Cooper; f a c s i m i l e s ; E x c e l s p r e a d s h e e t s ; Word documents; and any

o t h e r documentary e v i d e n c e ; whether h a n d - w r i t t e n o r i n p r i n t e d

f o r m a t . .


items between Judge Clarence Cooper and ANY of the following: Robert

W i l l i s o n ; Jerome J. F r o e l i c h ; Steven Estep; U.S. D i s t r i c t Court Judge

Clarence Cooper and/or any member of his s t a f f ; U.S. Magistrate Judge

Janet F. King and/or any member of her s t a f f ; U.S. Magistrate Judge

Alan J. Baverman and/or any member of h i s s t a f f ; any associate,


associ a t e , representative, or agent of Planet F i v e Development Group

LLC; or any associate, representative or agent of Net Five Group LLC

that reference any of the following: "Scott Hintz"; "JS of Georgia,

Inc."; "JS of Georgia"; "jsofgeorgia"; "jsofamerica"; "Fund.com";

"Westmoore"; "Sonata"; " E q u i t i e s " ; "Gerova"; "Net Five"; "Global

Etutor"; "Teledata"; "TransOne"; "Panama"; "Tom McMurrain"; "Thomas

McMurrain"; "Michael Garone"; "Mike Garone"; "Jason Galanis";

" W i l l i n v e s t " ; " B r i s t o l C a p i t a l " or " S t i l l w a t e r " .

F o r d a t e s on o r between J a n u a r y 1, 2001 and May 31, 2011, a l s o

r e q u e s t e d a r e a l l t e l e p h o n e r e c o r d s f o r any number used by Judge

C l a r e n c e Cooper t o c a l l R o b e r t W i l l i s o n a t ,(678) 644-3383 and/or any

o t h e r number known t o Judge C l a r e n c e Cooper t o be a s s o c i a t e d w i t h

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Exhibi t C



R o b e r t W i l l i s o n o r any o f h i s / h e r Gerova F i n a n c i a l Group - Net F i v e

Group a s s o c i a t e s , r e p r e s e n t ; i t i , v e s , : a g e n t s , i n d i v i d u a l s and/or

companies l i s t e d i n t h e p a r a g r a p h i m m e d i a t e l y above. P a g e j 19

The r e q u e s t e d r e c o r d s ; a r e a l l ^ d e e m e d m a t e r i a l t o t h e defense

o f D e f e n d a n t . A copy of the records should be provided to Scott Hintz


A t l a n t a , GA 30350 on or p r i o r : t o 12:00 p.m. on June 2, 2011 i n l i e u

of a court appearance.

P u r s u a n t t o R u l e , 1 7 ( c ) , Defendant r e q u e s t s p r o d u c t i o n o f

documents sought by 10:00 a.m.,5pn June 3, 2011 b e f o r e U n i t e d S t a t e s

M a g i s t r a t e Judge J a n e t F. King^; Courtroom 2008 a t t h e U.S. D i s t r i c t

C o u r t f o r t h e N o r t h e r n D i s t r i c t o f G e o r g i a , A t l a n t a D i v i s i o n , 75

S p r i n g S t r e e t , A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a . A copy of the doctiments requested

w i l l s u f f i c e i n l i e u of a court appearance.

WHEREFORE, A p p l i c a n t r e s p e c t f u l l y r e q u e s t s t h i s / h e r C o u r t t o i s s u e an o r d e r r e q u i r i n g s e r v i d e ' o f subpoena upon t h e a f o r e m e n t i o n e d w i t n e s s a t Government expense.'"

Dated: T h i s 1^^ day o f June, . 2011.

R e s p e c t f u l l y s u b m i t t e d ,

P^ge 5 o f 7'

Exhib i t C



IN THE UNITED §TlTES; DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTH|:;^'fl?ISTRICT OF GEORGIA

ATLANTA ^DIVISION


V.

SCOTT HINTZ

NO. 1:03-CR-131

ORDER:



be i s s u e d f o r bhe p r e s e n c e oif^fjudge C l a r e n c e Cooper, C u s t o d i a n o f

Re c o r d s , who has i n h i s / h e r p d s s e s s i o n t h e documents r e q u e s t e d i n

t h e a t t a c h e d subpoena. ; ..

The c o s t o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , s u b s i s t e n c e , and f e e s f o r the


as w i t n e s s e s subpoenaed by t h e Government. In l i e u of a court


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SO ORDERED: T h i s day o f ;June, 2011.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE PRESENTED BY: Def e n d a n t .

Exhibit C

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Case1:03-cr-00131-CC Document 352 Filed 06/01/11 Page 7 of 7

I, Scott Hintz, certify I have served upon:

AUSA Leshe J. Abrams 600 U.S. Courthouse 75 Spring Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303

A true copy of the foregoing filmg.

This l^'day of June 2011 by hand-delivering same to AUSA Abrams' office.

Respectfully,

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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Exhibi t C 7


EXHIBIT D TRANSCRIPT OF APRIL 13, 2011 HEARING BEFORE

U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE JANET KING

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P l a i n t i f f ,

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SCOTT HINTZ

Defendant.

CRIMINAL ACTION FILE NO. 1;03-CR-131-CC

ATLANTA, GEORGIA

TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO-RECORDED PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE HONORABLE JANET F. KING,

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

EX PARTE SESSION Wednesday, Apri l 13, 2011

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL:

For the Defendant:' FEDERAL DEFENDER PROGRAM INC. (By: Brian Mendelsohn)

S E A L E D

Proceedings digitally audio-recorded, then transcribed by mechanical stenography and computer by

NICHOLAS A. MARRONE, RMR, CRR 1714 U. S. Courthouse 75 Spring Street, S.W.

Atlanta, GA 3 0303 (404) 215-1486

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Wednesday Morning Session

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P R O C E E D I N G S

THE COURT: . . . CR-131. Mr. Mendelsohn i s here

with Mr. Hintz. The government is not present at this

time.

We are scheduled to hold a preliminary hearing on

the supervised release petition.

Mr. Mendelsohn, Ms. Wade-Childs advises me that

there i s a matter that you wanted to bring to my attention

before we conducted the hearing?

MR. MENDELSOHN: Yes, thank you. Judge.

Mr. Hintz and I have had plenty of discussions

about this case and the direction that we think i t should go,

and are at crossroads i n direction particularly in regard to

a matter,

Mr. Hintz wishes that I c a l l a particular witness,

Mr. Froelich, who has been here watching this and represents

individuals -- an individual i n a c i v i l proceeding, and

Mr. Froelich has provided a letter to Ms. Moore making

allegations against Mr. Hintz that

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MR. MENDELSOHN: Right. And SO Mr. Hintz wishes

that I c a l l Mr. Froelich. I do not wish to do that, and at

that point Mr. Hintz wishes to go pro se on that piece.

THE COURT: Now, Mr. Hintz, you understand this i s

not the -- the hearing --

THE DEPENDANT: Yes, ma'am.

THE COURT: --on this particular -- s i t down.

THE DEFENDANT: I didn't know i f I had to Stand

when I talked.

THE COURT: No.

This i s not the hearing.

THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am, I understand that.

THE COURT: You are not -- and the government has

only got to present probable cause, you know, enough

information to get this matter carried over to the d i s t r i c t

judge on just one, any one of the allegations.

THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am, I understand that.

THE COURT: Okay, I am not going to conduct a

full-fledged hearing

THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am, I do understand that,

THE COURT: --on this matter.

I'm basically -- and I'm not going to get into a

drawn-out lengthy argument or hearing on attorney-client

privilege or anything of that sort. I guess I could only

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caution you that i f Mr. Mendelsohn Mr. Mendelsohn may have

very -- and he's probably discussed this with you that

there may be very l i t t l e benefit, i f there are some matters

that you might more effectively present i n front of

Judge Cooper, than giving up -- I don't know.

I mean, Mr. Mendelsohn, I don't know a l l the

details of why, besides just the very things that come to

mind about c a l l i n g an attorney.

But I am not inclined, Mr. Hintz, to allow you to

proceed pro se and c a l l Mr. Froelich and go off into matters

that I'm sure Mr. Mendelsohn probably has very good reasons

for not doing at a preliminary hearing.

This i s not the hearing on this, do you

understand? That's going to be i n front of Judge Cooper in a

week or so.

THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am.

Ma'am, may I ask a question?

THE COURT: Yes.

THE DEFENDANT:, Ma'am, the specific questions,

without going into details, relate to probable cause.

Mr. Froelich, i n his personal capacity and from

what he states i s his personal knowledge i n statement of

facts, his statement of facts or alleged facts is part of the

probable cause.

And this i s the only reason I wanted to question



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him, because i t could provide exculpatory evidence for

me. That's the only reason.

THE COURT: I am I mean, I'm sure

Mr. Mendelsohn i s aware of a l l of that and probably has

some very sound reasons for not doing that at this stage

and potentially harming your presentation i n front of

Judge Cooper. That's the judge that's going to ultimately

decide.

There i s very, very l i t t l e chance that I am

not going to send this to Judge Cooper. I mean, the

government would have to basically have no evidence to

present on a claim. This i s Judge Cooper's decision

ultimately.

THE DEFENDANT; If I could

THE COURT: I think the best thing for me to do is

to hear the government's presentation and see whether -- then

perhaps hear from you.

But I'm just not inclined to l e t you proceed

pro se.

THE DEFENDANT: Well, ma'am

THE COURT: That's just not a wise decision. I'm

just going to t e l l you, i t ' s not a wise decision.

THE DEFENDANT: Ma'am, could we go on the record

and state that I was --

THE COURT: Oh, you,are on the record.



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THE DEFENDANT: Okay, we are on the record?

THE COURT: Oh, yes. I don't do anything in court

when I'm not on the record.

THE DEFENDANT: That's great.

The one concern I have, ma'am, i s Mr. Mendelsohn

and I have spoke, and you are probably aware of some of the

motions for recusal before this Court.

THE COURT: I have no idea about anything that's

going on except for this.

, THE DEFENDANT: Well, ma'am --

THE COURT: So that's a l l I'm dealing with.

THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. The reason -- and I

have f a i t h i n my attorney here, complete f a i t h in him, with

the exception of one matter.

And that matter i s we discussed that he, as a

practicing attorney, has to preserve his career and his

career interests here in this thing, and bringing up things

against any kind of judge or any kind of significant attorney

in this town would be not really in his best career

interest.

That's the only reason I have --

THE COURT; Knowing Mr.' Mendelsohn, I have never

seen him put personal interest in front of the interest of

his clients ever, and I can't imagine that's impacting his

decision-making. I just -- I would be shocked.



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fit

THE DEFENDANT: Well, I mean, you w i l l admit that

we have had those conversations and that they have been

troublesome for the two of us; correct?

MR. MENDELSOHN: It is true. Judge, there - - i n

Mr. Hintz's 2255 that's s t i l l pending before Judge Cooper,

there was a motion to recuse Judge Cooper that's never been

ruled on, and the 2255 has never been ruled on.

You know, down the road there may be an issue where

Mr. Hintz wants me to push for a recusal issue that I don't

feel l i k e i t ' s appropriate to move forward on. But that's

not the issue that we have before us right now.

THE COURT: No, that's not okay. I mean,

so this i s a l l whether or not;to c a l l you to c a l l a

witness.

MR. MENDELSOHN: Right. And, Judge, what I would

li k e to do --

THE COURT: Okay.

MR. MENDELSOHN: -- is go forward with the

hearing, but do the hearing that I would intend to do, and

then at the end i f Mr. Hintz is s t i l l insistent that we c a l l

Mr. Froelich and i f we are going back i n to where we are

now -- , J

THE COURT: Okay, I was kind of -- that's kind of

my thought processes: Conduct the hearing, and then let you

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about him wanting to c a l l a witness you don't want to c a l l ,

at that point we can r e v i s i t this.

THE DEFEITOANT: That's very f a i r , ma'am.

And I realize you don't know a l l the facts, and

I appreciate your candor and, you know, you listening to

me.

Again, I'm not trying to do anything that isn't

appropriate. I just want to defend my constitutional rights,

that's a l l .

THE COURT: I understand. The flavor of this

hearing i s just very different than whatever the f i n a l

hearing i s going to be in front of Judge Cooper or anyone

else on the revocation matter; okay?

So l e t ' s conduct i t , give you and Mr. Mendelsohn a

chance to consult, and then i f you s t i l l want to press with

Mr. Froelich, then we can.r- then we can take that up; okay?

THE DEFENDANT: Sounds f a i r enough. Thank you.

Your Honor.

THE COURT: A l l right. Mr. Wade-Childs, i f you

w i l l bring -- i s i t Ms. Abrams this morning?

THE CLERK: Yes, ma'am.

THE COURT: Okay.

THE CLERK: If everyone would come in, please?

(The ex parte session concludes at 10:48:30 a.m.)



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C E R T I F I C A T E

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA :

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA :

I, Nicholas A. Marrone, RMR, CRR, O f f i c i a l Court

Reporter of the United States D i s t r i c t Court for the Northern

D i s t r i c t of Georgia, do hereby c e r t i f y to the best of my

a b i l i t y that the foregoing 9 pages constitute a true

transcript of audio-recorded proceedings had before the said

Court, held i n the c i t y of Atlanta, Georgia,- i n the matter

therein stated.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand on

this, the 29th day of April , 2011.

NICHOLAS A. MARRONE, RMR, CRR Registered Merit Reporter Certified Realtime Reporter O f f i c i a l Court Reporter Northern D i s t r i c t of Georgia

United states D i s t r i c t Court Northern D i s t r i c t of Georgia
