Steve Quest (p/k/a Montagraph) vs. Nicholas Robert Rekieta & Rekieta Law, LLC (2023)

[TJBirish]

I wonder how often this guy sends material from his cases to his wife to look over. It doesn't seem like something you'd do unless you thought it was funny and absurd how a local lawyer you've interacted with before is now a full time streamer, and more than that, a streamer whose bit is being the drunk lawyer man.

How horrible for these poor people. I hope they get the help to recover from this "outrage".

 

[Also Not a Fake Name]

Schneider says he had his wife watch the Nick make a fool of himself on the Internet:

I wonder how often this guy sends material from his cases to his wife to look over. It doesn't seem like something you'd do unless you thought it was funny and absurd how a local lawyer you've interacted with before is now a full time streamer, and more than that, a streamer whose bit is being the drunk lawyer man.

Saying that all these people that are financially dependent on you, also agree with you isn’t that big of an own.

It’s also very odd that Monty’s lawyer is interjecting himself so much into this. Bet he’s butt hurt that the half assed small town lawyer has found greater success by failing upwards.

 

[TJBirish]

Saying that all these people that are financially dependent on you, also agree with you isn’t that big of an own.

It’s also very odd that Monty’s lawyer is interjecting himself so much into this. Bet he’s butt hurt that the half assed small town lawyer has found greater success by failing upwards.

This isn't the lawsuit, it's the ethics complaint. But yes, this behavior is as embarrassing as Rekieta's

 

[Useful_Mistake]

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[Balldo's Gate]

This isn't the lawsuit, it's the ethics complaint. But yes, this behavior is as embarrassing as Rekieta's

This is from the lawsuit. The ethics complaint isn't public and won't be unless one of them publishes it on their own or if public sanctions are taken.

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This has officially become a lolsuit.

 

[TJBirish]

This is from the lawsuit. The ethics complaint isn't public and won't be unless one of them publishes it on their own or if public sanctions are taken.


This has officially become a lolsuit.

My bad.

Then it really IS retarded. Holy shit!

Can't wait for Schnieder to tell the court what his mom said about the case.

 

[TheOtherSideofMakeBelieve]

Is 'outrageous' part of the Minnesota defamation statute? I assumed that to be an excerpt from the ethics complaint as well but it's bizarre that Monty's lawyer, and god forbid his lawyer's family would try to interject themselves into this in any way. I'm not a lawyer but this is absolutely the kind of case that, if I were to take it, I would want to distance myself to the furthest extent possible and only say something along the lines of "Steve Quest has a constitutional right to representation for the sake of attempting to repair perceived damage to his reputation and I fulfilled my duty to the best of my abilities through all legal means." "I made my wife sit through a drunken asshole being a drunken asshole so that I could use her as a witness," would be the absolute last thing on my mind

Are we sure Schneider isn't secretly Russel Greer? Greer definitely has a habit of working 'Greer's loved ones' and various phrases like that into his suits

 

[5t3n0g0ph3r]

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Schneider: "Well, I didn't know my client was not a Colorado resident when I filed this suit. How was I supposed to know?"
IT'S YOUR JOB TO KNOW THESE THINGS, ASSHOLE!!!
As if we didn't expect buffoonery in this case...

 

[Lord Cat Tree Stump]

This is going well. Can the mods slap a trashfire tag on this as this is rapidly reaching exceptional levels of stupidity. Is there any hope of both of them losing?

 

[Balldo's Gate]

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So Randazza is pissed and sent a letter dated today to Schneider threatening to file a motion for sanctions over the Colorado/Illinois thing unless Schneider and/or Monty fulfilled his demands.

It appears that Randazza wrote that it was "[their] intent to file a motion for sanctions against [Schneider], personally"....


...But there's a catch. Looks like Randazza offered to resolve the matter "privately - rather than placing such misconduct in the record" if his explicitly stated demands were acceded to, since "if we can work it out, it needs never be the subject of a motion".

Among the demands was Randazza wanting Schneider to reimburse a portion of Nick's fees, or if "[Schneider's] client lied to [him]", then for Monty to pay the fees and "waive attorney-client privilege as to this issue in discovery".



Schneider instead filed this affidavit with the court this morning, and attached Randazza's letter.

 

[talk talk talk]

Is 'outrageous' part of the Minnesota defamation statute?

It's part of the IIED claim. One of the elements is that the defendant's actions have to be "outrageous".

 

[Confetti Meringue]

But yes, this behavior is as embarrassing as Rekieta's

Minnesota is such an embarrassing state.

 

[Owlbear]

Nick is addressing this issue on an impromptu stream right now. He thinks they're scared of addressing the Colorado anti-SLAPP motion. Illinois also has an anti-SLAPP law too. The real issue at the center of this is whether another state's anti-SLAPP law can be applied in a Minnesota court. It doesn't even matter which state does this.

He has confirmed that he will do a Rumble stream on these documents soon.

 

[feral cat #6385]

Montegraph has this in the bag. Suck it Brokeita!

 

[Uncle Buck]

It's part of the IIED claim. One of the elements is that the defendant's actions have to be "outrageous".

STARFLEET REGULATIONS? THAT’S OUTRAGEOUS!

The mere fact that plaintiff’s self-serving counsel - or relatives thereof - expresses an opinion that something is outrageous doesn’t make it so for purposes of the statute. There would have to be a palpable and widespread sense of outrage on the part of the general public, or among the viewing audience, over Rackets comments before they could be considered “outrageous” within the statutory definition.

Even people who don’t like him wouldn’t consider anything he said about this bozo “outrageous”.

 

[Darkholme's Dungeon]

This would be the best timeliness.

Not sure if this is possible but....
Best timeline would be Nick winning on jury trial, and then loosing on appeal after Monty gets troon backing, then making it to SCOTUS before Ty gets Monty and Nick sentenced to the electric chair. Can you imagine 9 autism addled retards in a room trying to hear oral arguments in a case like this?

"Counsel, just so we're clear about what we're - your claim is, are you saying that the displa- the act of oral copulation with a cantaloupe was not obscene?"

"Counsel, what is your stance character evidence being part of this case, particularly of the appellant being intoxicated and ranting that he wants his kids to see him having sex, and claim to have sex with his wife with a 'balldo'?"

This is going well. Can the mods slap a trashfire tag on this as this is rapidly reaching exceptional levels of stupidity. Is there any hope of both of them losing?

See what I said above.

Schneider instead filed this affidavit with the court this morning, and attached Randazza's letter.

This is going to backfire hilariously if it reaches a jury trial (Just as the I "technically" reside in Illnois if the jury catches that). I'm waiting for Schneider to try and bring in character evidence like Nick talking about how he wants his kids to see him having sex or the balldo review.

 

[Balldo's Gate]

Nick is addressing this issue on an impromptu stream right now. He thinks they're scared of addressing the Colorado anti-SLAPP motion. Illinois also has an anti-SLAPP law too. The real issue at the center of this is whether another state's anti-SLAPP law can be applied in a Minnesota court. It doesn't even matter which state does this.

He has confirmed that he will do a Rumble stream on these documents soon.

From Illinois' anti-SLAPP law, the Citizen Participation Act:

Sec. 15. Applicability. This Act applies to any motion to dispose of a claim in a judicial proceeding on the grounds that the claim is based on, relates to, or is in response to any act or acts of the moving party in furtherance of the moving party's rights of petition, speech, association, or to otherwise participate in government.
Acts in furtherance of the constitutional rights to petition, speech, association, and participation in government are immune from liability, regardless of intent or purpose, except when not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable government action, result, or outcome.

Doesn't seem applicable at all. Even if they managed to convince the judge to apply a law similar to one held to be unconstitutional by the MN Supreme Court.

No wonder why Rekieta and Randazza are pissed. It sure seems like the chances of this proceeding to discovery and then to trial just rose dramatically.

 

[Himedall All-seeing Waifu]

Not sure if this is possible but....
Best timeline would be Nick winning on jury trial, and then loosing on appeal after Monty gets troon backing, then making it to SCOTUS before Ty gets Monty and Nick sentenced to the electric chair. Can you imagine 9 autism addled retards in a room trying to hear oral arguments in a case like this?

"Counsel, just so we're clear about what we're - your claim is, are you saying that the displa- the act of oral copulation with a cantaloupe was not obscene?"

"Counsel, what is your stance character evidence being part of this case, particularly of the appellant being intoxicated and ranting that he wants his kids to see him having sex, and claim to have sex with his wife with a 'balldo'?"


See what I said above.

This is going to backfire hilariously if it reaches a jury trial (Just as the I "technically" reside in Illnois if the jury catches that). I'm waiting for Schneider to try and bring in character evidence like Nick talking about how he wants his kids to see him having sex or the balldo review.

I can only dream...


Anyway, cross-posting from the main Rekeita thread an alleged perspective from Schneider on why he ignored Nicholas' attempts to reach out:

This information come from our own lolcow @Spectre_06 via DISCORD. In my experience Patrick has been over-representing his personal knowledge and opinion, but the facts are solid enough:

Spoiler: Background

 

[Balldo's Gate]

Obligatory "it's Spectre", but if it's true that Schneider said this, it probably refers to the case mentioned in the exhibits (see image).

Perhaps the narrative that Schneider had a grudge is true.



EDIT: I looked up this case and Rekieta appears to have been replaced with an attorney named John E. Mack, of Mack & Daby. Maybe the law firm name "Mack & Daby" got mistaken by Spectre as "something Davey"?

 

[Himedall All-seeing Waifu]

Obligatory "it's Spectre", but if it's true that Schneider said this, it probably refers to the case mentioned in the exhibits (see image).

Perhaps the narrative that Schneider had a grudge is true.

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Cannot look at the moment, but if the case records are online and it was resolved 'within a week' we have a hit.

I was not amenable to the grudge angle, but there is more basis now. Lawyers seem more and more like petty shits the more I see of them and their correspondence... Almost as bad as lesbians...