Victor Mignogna v. Funimation Productions, LLC, et al. (2019) - Vic's lawsuit against Funimation, VAs, and others, for over a million dollars.

[Dumb Bitch Smoothie]

What's interesting is, wouldn't saying to Marchi's lawyer "see ya soon", show that he thinks the appeal would succeed?

Potentially. Or he's alluding to the fact that there will be a formal dismissal. Dude's a wild card.

 

[Padoru]

What's interesting is, wouldn't saying to Marchi's lawyer "see ya soon", show that he thinks the appeal would succeed?

not just that. He literally went on a short rant about the appeals court sometimes overturning him. This is basically him telling Johnson "Don't get comfy you aint out of this yet."

 

[Hoss]

thanks for providing us with the goods.

So in conclusion Chupp actually got scared by some faggot being just that. That much is fine some people are like that they get scared easily by dumb shit.

But the Crux seems to truly be what people suspected. He'd rather this case just end here and now and with how he addressed it probably wasn't gonna dismiss anything else.

Of course little does he know that the only possible settlement is "Everybody pays their own legal fees and we go back to how life was before 2019. Everybody apologizes to everybody and we just ignore each other beyond necessary work issues" and that will never happen because as i previously pointed out: This only benefits Vic

Figures a fucking Italian bends to a goddamn Dutchman. BUT, if Chupp has genuine Italian blood, then he's pretty damn keen on doing this.

 

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He goes A Mea Culpa and the defense goes apeshit. Chupp is also under a time frame he CANNOT extend unless permitted by law. He doesn't rule by Oct 3rd the TCPA gets tossed.

I mean fuck, this is why it required a Prima Facie case with a "preponderance of the evidence", not "clear and specific" and "beyond a reasonable doubt" evidence.

The point of a Prima Facie case is to be convincing, not necessarily "true". That's for the defense to plead to the Jury that the case is false. Anything else is a violation of the Plantiff's 7th Amendment's rights for a Jury trial.

Thought: What if he "accidentally" goes past Oct 3rd? According to the transcript he thinks he has until October 6th, and hasn't filed anything.

If he doesn't file anything, and it goes past Oct 3rd, it goes past TCPA. The defense loses their goddamned minds but OH FUCKING WELL, the law is the law and Chupp has an out.

 

[Zǒngtǒng bǐ dēng wànsuì]

Are you faggots asleep or just too busy getting trolled...

"Is everybody still here? I mean, I don't remember who represents who ..." - JUDGE JOHN P. CHUPP 17.09.2019
I must confess i kinda like his "Oh God, why am I even here, what did i do to deserve this?" attitude.
Oh man there is just, so much potential in this transcript ...

 

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A clear and present danger that resulted in an emergency hearing by a judge and an order for the parties to amicably resolve their dispute:

Dismissed by the same judge, with possible sanctions for taking this person to court:

 

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Well, what I take away from that is that:

1. Chupp seems to be taking the "threats" seriously, and thinks that the threats might extend to the counsel, defendants or plaintiff.

2. Chupp seems very aware that his ruling may be overturned on appeal, and seems to suggest this is a likely outcome.

Am I crazy, or...are these things that a judge really shouldn't be saying out loud in a meeting with legal counsel?

1. was a prime opportunity for Ty to point out that both he and Vic have been getting threats this entire time from those on the KV side. Hell, he could have pointed out that Vic has been getting death threats for 15+ years since he refused to sign gay incest child porn fanart back in the day.

 

[Hoss]

Thought: What if he "accidentally" goes past Oct 3rd? According to the transcript he thinks he has until October 6th, and hasn't filed anything.

If he doesn't file anything, and it goes past Oct 3rd, it goes past TCPA. The defense loses their goddamned minds but OH FUCKING WELL, the law is the law and Chupp has an out.

I'm gonna be honest....A "Pocket veto" for a ruling.....sounds like it would work.

 

[A_throwaway_name62919]

Thought: What if he "accidentally" goes past Oct 3rd? According to the transcript he thinks he has until October 6th, and hasn't filed anything.

If he doesn't file anything, and it goes past Oct 3rd, it goes past TCPA. The defense loses their goddamned minds but OH FUCKING WELL, the law is the law and Chupp has an out.

He technically does have until October 6th. He has 30 days from the hearing, and 30 days from the hearing would be October 6th. That's a Sunday so as a practical matter he needs to rule by Friday, October 4th. Hence him ordering to have mediation sorted out one way or another by October 3rd so he can rule on the 4th.

 

[LuNaS]

Thought: What if he "accidentally" goes past Oct 3rd? According to the transcript he thinks he has until October 6th, and hasn't filed anything.

If he doesn't file anything, and it goes past Oct 3rd, it goes past TCPA. The defense loses their goddamned minds but OH FUCKING WELL, the law is the law and Chupp has an out.

If that does happen I'm going to find where the change font size thing is just to post a giant Called it in all caps.

It does seems like he either
1. will dismiss all charges knowing it's going to come back to bite him due to appeals.
2. Keep the things he dismised and not dismiss anything else, knowing it's going to come back and bite him.
3. Backpedal and change the dismisals knowing appeals will happen and some of his rulings may come back and bite him.
4. Or write his rulings a few days later, making the TCPAs be auto dismised, making appeals harder, saving some face because then it's a filling mistake instead of a rulings and procedures mistake.

Point four is hopeful as all hell, but it is honestly the best reading I can give.

 

[TherapyMan]

At the very least Chupp seems to realize that most anime fans have difficulty distinguishing anime from real life.

 

[I can't imagine]

1. was a prime opportunity for Ty to point out that both he and Vic have been getting threats this entire time from those on the KV side. Hell, he could have pointed out that Vic has been getting death threats for 15+ years since he refused to sign gay incest child porn fanart back in the day.

I have a suspicion that Chupp isn't the sort of guy to recognize the difference between impotent threats from randos online and serious threats from people with the means to do something. Kinda surprising given his age, to be honest. I'm relatively close to the same age and I've gotten death threats because people disagreed with me about music albums, to say nothing of politics, religion or whatever. Maybe he's one of those guys who's extremely not online?

 

[Dumb Bitch Smoothie]

Apparently the Flying Dutchman was more concerning than Jamie Marchi wanting Vic's head and balls.

 

[ddlloo]

lmfao that transcript is a fucking beauty.
>Sometimes the appeals court side with me, sometimes they don't. IDK fam, I guess sometimes they just have a different feeling about all this law stuff, y'know?

This guy is a massive boomer considering his age. Shocked he didn't crack a fresh can of monster from the bench while talking about how he just, like, wants the anime community to heal and y'all should watch your backs, this shit aint no anime cartoon for kids!

 

[Sheryl Nome]

lmfao that transcript is a fucking beauty.
>Sometimes the appeals court side with me, sometimes they don't. IDK fam, I guess sometimes they just have a different feeling about all this law stuff, y'know?

This guy is a massive boomer considering his age. Shocked he didn't crack a fresh can of monster from the bench while talking about how he just, like, wants the anime community to heal and y'all should watch your backs, this shit aint no anime cartoon for kids!

I'm loving it. Chupp is just hoping this fucking case goes away, desperately, he knows he's been thrown into an autism tornado

Hang in there chupp.

 

[Garm]

Welp. Can't read the transcript because I'm on my phone apparently.

Sounds like Chupp is not giving any fucks. Also if I remember correctly, the estimated time for Vic's appeal is "about a year." The defendants get an "expedited appeal."

And Chupp figures they would be "back in about 3 months."

Hmmmmm.

 

[General Relativity QM]

Chupp: What's anime?
Chupp: The anime community really needs to heal itself.

Yeah, sure, chief. You really know what the anime community needs. Actually, you're a damn judge who is supposed to be refereeing and make decisions on these litigants and their specific situation - not trying to heal the rift in the anime community, whatever the fuck that is.

Does Vic have a prima facie case? Be a damn judge and give your ruling. Let the Appeals Court decide what it is going to decide. You don't take appeals personally, but why would you mention it? Sounds like you are taking it personal to me. Practically every judge in the US has been overruled, and every lawyer practically has been overruled by some judge. Dude, get over yourself. Do your job, and do it to the best of your ability.

 

[RodgerDodger]

I must admit since the TCPA hearing I have been just staring at this in slack jawed wonder, Whoever would have expected that the fucking judge is more autistic than the various spaz's already involved in this?

 

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Welp. Can't read the transcript because I'm on my phone apparently.

Sounds like Chupp is not giving any fucks. Also if I remember correctly, the estimated time for Vic's appeal is "about a year." The defendants get an "expedited appeal."

And Chupp figures they would be "back in about 3 months."

Hmmmmm.

The judge isn't that slick. He's just ignorant.

Chupp: The anime community really needs to heal itself.

This line comes directly from Lemoine. It was probably in one of his binders or letters to the judge.

Monica Rial on Twitter

“@ShadySpock I want nothing more than for our awesome anime community to heal. I know this has been hard on everyone. 💗”

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[Garm]

Well, what I take away from that is that:

1. Chupp seems to be taking the "threats" seriously, and thinks that the threats might extend to the counsel, defendants or plaintiff.

2. Chupp seems very aware that his ruling may be overturned on appeal, and seems to suggest this is a likely outcome.

Am I crazy, or...are these things that a judge really shouldn't be saying out loud in a meeting with legal counsel?

Chupp: Tell you guys what. Being in my court room will be like Vegas. We can either take this out back and shoot some dice to settle this or I can make your lives miserable.

I must admit since the TCPA hearing I have been just staring at this in slack jawed wonder, Whoever would have expected that the fucking judge is more autistic than the various spaz's already involved in this?

No one? The worst time of Vic's life and it's like a bad sitcom of shitty lawyers followed by a shitty judge. A shitty jury with literal clowns will be next.

Edit:

The judge isn't that slick. He's just ignorant.

I got that estimate from the Twitter law parrot that has infested the thread. We may disregard it.