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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

CIVIL DIVISIONNEIL J . GILLESPIE,Pla in t i f f

CASE NO: 05-CA-7205vs.

DIVISION: IIJIIBARKER, ROD EMS & COOK, P.A. ,a Flor ida corpora t ion; WILLIAMJ . COOK, Defendants .

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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGSBEFORE: THE HONORABLE JAMES D. ARNOLD

Circu i t Court JudgeTAKEN AT: Hil lsborough County Courthouse

Tampa, Flor ida

DATE AND TIME: June 1, 201111:00 a.m.

REPORTED BY: Penny M. Appleton ORIGINALBerryh i l l &Assoc ia tes Inc.

501 E. Kennedy Boulevard, Sui te 775Tampa, Flor ida 33602 813) 229-8225


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A P P E A R A N C E S2 Ryan C. Rodems

Attorney a t Law3 Barker Rodems Cook P.A.

400 North Ashley Drive Sui te 21004 Tampa Flor ida 33602

Represent ing the Defendants5

Mike Peacock6 Admin is t ra t ive Counsel

Law Off ice of Jul ianne M Holt7 Publ ic Defender

Thi r t een th Judic ia l Circu i t8 700 E. Twiggs St r e e t , F i f t h Floor

PO Box 1729109 Tampa Flor ida 33672-0910

Represent ing the Publ ic Defender s Off ice10111213141516171819202122232425

Berryh i l l Assoc ia tes , Inc .501 East Kennedy Boulevard Sui te 775


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1 Thereupon, the fol lowing proceedings commenced:2 THE COURT: Good morning.3 MR RODEMS: Good morning, Your Honor.4 THE COURT: Okay. We're here on an orde r to show

cause . I s tha t cor rec t?6 MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r , Your Honor, and I 'm7 Chris topher Rodems on beha l f of Barker, Rodems Cook,8 P.A., and Will iam J . Cook.9 THE COURT: Okay. I bel ieve Mr. Gi l l esp ie was

persona l ly served wi th my order order ing him to appear11 to show cause why he should not be he ld in contempt for12 h i s fa i lu re to give a depos i t ion and to produce13 documentation. Is tha t cor rec t?14 MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r .

THE COURT: Okay.16 MR RODEMS: The Marion County S h e r i f f s Off ice17 sent me a re tu rn of se rv ice i nd ica t ing t ha t he was18 served on May 11th of 2011. I did f i l e t ha t with the19 cour t on May 25th. I v e a l so received, t h i s morning, a

fax from Mr. Gi l l esp ie , which he faxed to me an e-mail21 t ha t he send to David A. Roland and severa l o thers , and22 he s t a t e s in the l e t t e r to Mr. Roland, quote, I am not23 at tending the hear ing today for the reasons s t a t e d in24 the app l i ca t ion to Jus t ice Thomas, per iod , c lose quote .

I have a copy of t h i s , i f the Court would l i ke it

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1 THE COURT: To Jus t ice Thomas?2 MR RODEMS: Apparent ly , h e s f i l ed something with3 the United Sta tes Supreme Court . There s a copy of4 t ha t here as well . Like I sa id , I ll be happy to - 5 THE COURT: Sure.6 MR RODEMS: hand it to you.7 THE COURT: Mr. Peacock, good morning.8 MR PEACOCK: Good morning, Your Honor. How are9 you, s i r ?

10 THE COURT: Fine . Thank you. How are you?11 MR PEACOCK: Fine . I 'm here - i f I may j u s t12 i n t e r j ec t , I have a motion. I v e provided a copy to13 counsel . This i s a motion for c la r i f i ca t ion on beha l f14 of the Office of the Publ ic Defender. You l l f ind15 a t tached to t ha t motion an orde r t ha t was entered by16 the Clerk of Court appoint ing Ms. H o l t s of f ice to17 represent who I bel ieve to be the P l a i n t i f f in t h i s18 cause . I d o n t bel ieve t h e r e s any s t a tu to ry author i ty19 for tha t appoin tment . The appointment was ac tua l ly20 made on what would be a cr iminal a f f i dav i t of21 indigency.22 I c i t e the par t i cu l a r s t a t u t e s of 27 - Chapter 2723 of Flor ida Sta tu tes which l im i t the au thor i ty of the24 Publ ic Defender, and from a l l in format ion tha t I am25 aware of , I have no reason to be l ieve tha t - t ha t

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1 t h e r e ' s a bas i s for the appointment of the Off ice o f2 the Publ ic Defender.3 Based upon t he in t e r im orde r of the Court , though,4 which i s a t t ached as Exhibi t A to the motion, I appear

before you today because the c l e r k ' s dete rmina t ion6 pursuant to s t a t u t e says t ha t the Off ice r of the Public7 Defender i s appoin ted u n t i l r e l i ev ed by the Court . I8 would presume the Court would f ind t was appropr ia te9 to r e l i e v e us, and I have prepared an orde r d i rec t ing

t ha t we be r e l i ev ed because of the lack o f a l ega l11 bas i s fo r the appointment of Ms. Hol t ' s of f i c e .12 THE COURT: Well, we a re here on an orde r to show13 cause in a c iv i l contempt proceeding.14 MR PEACOCK: I unders tand .

THE COURT: We're not even here on a cr imina l16 mat te r .17 MR PEACOCK: I unders tand tha t , Your Honor.18 THE COURT: And I am not appoint ing a publ ic19 defender , and I am going to s ign an orde r re l i ev ing the

publ i c defender because t h i s i s not a cr imina l21 proceeding.22 MR PEACOCK: Thank you, Your Honor.23 THE COURT: Thank you, Mr. Peacock. Always a24 plea sure to see you.

MR PEACOCK: Thank you, Your Honor.



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1 THE COURT: Take care .2 All r i gh t . Let the record r e f l ec t t ha t3 Mr. Gi l l esp ie was persona l ly served wi th my order4 order ing him to appear t h i s morning to show cause why5 he should not be he ld in c iv i l contempt of cour t for6 h i s f a i l u r e to give a depos i t ion , appear a t a7 depos i t ion , give a depos i t ion and produce documents8 reques ted pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum. I s tha t9 cor rec t , counselor?

10 MR RODEMS: As a par ty of no t ice of depos i t ion11 duces tecum, Your Honor.12 THE COURT: Therefore, I 'm going to i s sue a13 warrant for h i s a r r e s t and orde r tha t he be picked up14 and brought before the Court to show cause why I15 shou ldn t hold him in c iv i l contempt of cour t . The16 order i s immediate a r r e s t .17 I s the re anything e lse we need to take up t h i s18 morning?19 MR RODEMS: Your Honor, i s t ha t wri t tha t you re20 re fe r r ing to - i s tha t something Your Honor wi l l21 prepare? I have prepared a proposed one.22 THE COURT: I ll take a look a t your proposed.23 MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r .24 THE COURT: This j u s t says fo r fa i lu re to appear25 for depos i t ion as ordered by the Court . I t should be



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1 fo r fa i lu re to appear a t depos i t ion and produce2 documents pursuan t to the subpoena duces tecum.3 MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r .4 THE COURT: The only problem i s it says for

immediate - - immediately within 48 hours; however, i f6 fo r some reason the gentleman i s picked up in another7 county, they would have to br ing him back, and a l so the8 fac t t ha t i f he was picked up on a Friday evening, say,9 a t seven o ' c lock on a Friday evening, the 48 hours

would run on a Sunday evening, so I 'm going to change11 tha t to 72 hours . So i f we make t ha t change to 7212 hours .13 MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r , I wi l l .14 THE COURT: And also , fo r - - also , f a i l u r e to

appear a t depos i t ion and to produce documents.16 MR RODEMS: Yes, s i r , I wil l .17 THE COURT: And also , your second page appears to18 be cor rec t . Okay. Can you ge t me tha t t h i s af ternoon?19 MR RODEMS: I ll have it to you before noon, Your

Honor.21 THE COURT: Thank you so much.22 (The hear ing concluded a t 11:16 a.m.)2324



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1 C E R T I F I C A T E2 STATE OF FLORIDA3 COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH4

I penny M. Appleton Court Reporter for the6 Circu i t Court of the Thi r teen th J ud ic i a l Circu i t of the7 S ta t e o f Flor ida in and fo r Hil lsborough County8 DO HEREBY CERTIFY, t ha t I was author ized to and9 did r epor t in shor thand the proceedings and evidence in the

above-s ty led cause as s t a t e d i n the cap t ion he re to and11 t ha t the foregoing pages c o n s t i t u t e a t rue and cor rec t12 t r a ns c r ip t i on of my shor thand r epor t of sa i d proceedings and13 evidence .14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto se t my hand in

the C i ty o f Tampa County of Hil lsborough16 t h i s 2nd day of June 2011.171819

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