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Is it too much to hope that the court rules against both of them and orders that both parties pay damages to the State?
Steve Quest (p/k/a Montagraph) vs. Nicholas Robert Rekieta & Rekieta Law, LLC (2023)
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The defamation was committed in Minnesota by Nicholas Robert Rekieta, a resident of Minnesota. I don't see how this is any less tenuous than Johnny Depp suing Amber Heard in Virginia because whatever newspaper that printed the article had printers located in Virginia.
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The video is archived.
Little Piggy And The Umbrella Man : Montagraph : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A weird short film by director (?) Steve Quest that goes by the name of Montagraph. He seems to be at the center of some sort of controversy in the QAnon...
archive.org
It's also listed as being available on bitchute.
BitChute is a peer-to-peer social video platform.
BitChute aims to put creators first and provide them with a service that they can use to flourish and express their ideas freely.
www.bitchute.com
It's even got an IMDB page.
Little Piggy and the Umbrella Man (Video 2014) - IMDb
Little Piggy and the Umbrella Man: Directed by Montagraph. With Vickie Miller, Montagraph.
www.imdb.com
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Maybe he did send the retainer, but then Randazza saw the balldo review and noped out.
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Serious question here: I understand Nick is able to defend himself pro se, but is he able to defend Rekieta Law LLC as well, effectively pro se?
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1/10: "Today, officially, I retained Marc Randazza, and the Randazza legal group to represent me."
1/14: "Montagraph's lawyer won't return my calls or emails"
Gee... I wonder why. Maybe they're avoiding you because it would be unethical for them to communicate with you knowing you had representation.
1/14: "Montagraph's lawyer won't return my calls or emails"
Gee... I wonder why. Maybe they're avoiding you because it would be unethical for them to communicate with you knowing you had representation.
If you listen to the full clip, he says, "Tomorrow, I wire out the retainer." Sounds like he signed the contract, but hasn't paid Randazza yet.
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Of all the car crashes (figurative and literal) that Balldo man could do, fucking up a lawsuit is probably the most damaging to his brand. What are you doing Nick?
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The diversity jurisdiction question is different than the venue question. If venue/jurisdiction isn't proper in MN then nick needs to have it dismissed/transferred, but until and unless he gets it transferred he's stuck in state court because of the forum defendant rule.
Due process allows you to be sued for out of state stuff in your home jurisdiction, so depending of a bunch of MN speciffic law I'm not going to look up, he may get stuck in MN and have to do something goofy like have a trial about/under CO law in MN
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He should be able to, yeah. The reason Null has to get a lawyer for Lolcow LLC rather than just being able to file his own motion to dismiss based on CDA Section 230 whenever he gets sued is because you can't represent someone else as a non-lawyer. I guess technically that would make it be not a pro se defense, but at the end of the day that'd effectively be what was happening
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Jurisdiction can be based on where the harm occurred or where a defendant resides. For jurisdiction to be appropriate in a state where a defendant doesn't reside, they must purposeful avail themselves of the forum jurisdiction, and the mere fact the plaintiff resides there isn't sufficient.
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I really wish I hadn't clicked on those linksThe video is archived.
Little Piggy And The Umbrella Man : Montagraph : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A weird short film by director (?) Steve Quest that goes by the name of Montagraph. He seems to be at the center of some sort of controversy in the QAnon...archive.org
It's also listed as being available on bitchute.
BitChute is a peer-to-peer social video platform.
BitChute aims to put creators first and provide them with a service that they can use to flourish and express their ideas freely.
It's even got an IMDB page.
Little Piggy and the Umbrella Man (Video 2014) - IMDb
Little Piggy and the Umbrella Man: Directed by Montagraph. With Vickie Miller, Montagraph.
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"Rekieta Law LLC" isn't a thing. It doesn't exist. Rekieta Media LLC is incorporated in Texas.
But yes, Nick could represent a legal entity other than himself in Minnesota because he's a Minnesota lawyer. He's not licensed to practice in Federal court or any other state.
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He seems to have two LLCs--Rekieta Media LLC in Texas and Rekieta Law LLC (really should be an LLP) in Minnesota.
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Yes, but only because he is a licensed lawyer. A non-lawyer would not be able to defend his own LLC.
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Lots of law firms are LLC's. You also can't be a one man LLP most places, because you have to have partners. You're probably thinking of P.C. (professional corporation), but not all states let you elect flow through taxation on those.
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Oops. My mistake. I had a brain fart and mixed up the professional firm designation for an LLC with an LLP.
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This isn't particularly noteworthy or a good stick to beat Rackets with. There's a saying in legal circles, "a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client".
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Legal questions as a casual observer.
Question 1: The only quote of Rekieta in the complaint is "should probably be shot in the fucking head." What did I miss?
The rest is characterising things Rekieta has said. In particular it is very coy about the sexual predation accusations.
Question 2: Is that a proper defamation complaint - shouldn't they include specific transcripts as evidence, or does that only come later in a hearing?
This seems to be the meat of it:
MCRO_34-CV-23-12_Summons and Complaint_2023-01-11_20230112153559.pdf
Question 3:
As anonymous Kiwi Farmers purely stating opinions have you gotten the impression there is a reason a casual observer might suspect Quest "of disgusting crimes against children, pedophilia"? By that I mean actually doing shit, as opposed to having controversial takes on related issues like age of consent, CP etc. Think Jared from Subway / Epstein / Michael Jackson - as opposed to Mr. Girl / Vaush / edgy Libertarians with bad takes.
Question 1: The only quote of Rekieta in the complaint is "should probably be shot in the fucking head." What did I miss?
The rest is characterising things Rekieta has said. In particular it is very coy about the sexual predation accusations.
Question 2: Is that a proper defamation complaint - shouldn't they include specific transcripts as evidence, or does that only come later in a hearing?
This seems to be the meat of it:
MCRO_34-CV-23-12_Summons and Complaint_2023-01-11_20230112153559.pdf
Question 3:
As anonymous Kiwi Farmers purely stating opinions have you gotten the impression there is a reason a casual observer might suspect Quest "of disgusting crimes against children, pedophilia"? By that I mean actually doing shit, as opposed to having controversial takes on related issues like age of consent, CP etc. Think Jared from Subway / Epstein / Michael Jackson - as opposed to Mr. Girl / Vaush / edgy Libertarians with bad takes.
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That this is a lolsuit.
If you have no specific citations as to what was falsely say, the complaint is facially deficient. If he asks, he probably will get a chance to amend the complaint.