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

[AnOminous]

It's already happening in some jurisdictions. It really depends on level of the court, how affected the states is by the virus, can hearings be done via telecoference, etc. For instance my state court suspended everything except emergency hearings; ie emergency custody, involuntary commitments, protective orders, etc. The hearings could easily be delayed. I dunno if motion deadlines or anything that doesn't require a face to face in court would be.

It's appeals court. There are no motions, no hearings, nothing except briefs. The only in-person thing is oral arguments that are weeks or months out. There will be no normal court things until late this year or next year, if ever.

 

[break these cuffs]

Oh god a bunch of tech incompetent aged people doing anything involving tech. The boomering is going to be legendary

I meant the oral arguments. How do they do the rescheduling? Do they push back the entire docket to account for a closing or do they just reschedule what had to be cancelled and keep everything else the same?

 

[Immortal Technique]

3 months is a very generous amount of time LemonAids hasn't been paid for. I'd be shocked if Aids got paid a few thousands after the retainer fee--hence why they are pissed at the fee awards.

 

[Garm]

Considering Vic was supposed to be "paying all the fees" and given Monica and Ron's sense of entitlement, I'm guessing that they have only paid the bare minimum.

And given that Monica isn't bringing any money in, they are probably slipping a little more each week.

 

[Allanon]

Considering Vic was supposed to be "paying all the fees" and given Monica and Ron's sense of entitlement, I'm guessing that they have only paid the bare minimum.

And given that Monica isn't bringing any money in, they are probably slipping a little more each week.

Didn't the fee filings show that they were slowly paying down the massively over inflated bill? Wasn't there some mention of Funimation helping to pay the bill as well?

 

[5t3n0g0ph3r]

Isn't today the deadline for MoRon's team to pay that $10.00 fee?
So far, I have not seen a document that said they did.

 

[NadeND-001]

Isn't today the deadline for MoRon's team to pay that $10.00 fee?
So far, I have not seen a document that said they did.

Yep. Its today.

 

[Soviras]

Yep. Its today.
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And if they miss it, then technically they lose their chance to properly file it. Though if they can show good cause they could get permission to still do it... But that would be hard considering they already made a big deadline mistake before...

 

[AnOminous]

And if they miss it, then technically they lose their chance to properly file it. Though if they can show good cause they could get permission to still do it... But that would be hard considering they already made a big deadline mistake before...

Rule 5. Fees in Civil Cases A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs MUST pay — at the time an item is presented for filing — whatever fees are required by statute or Supreme Court order. The appellate court may enforce this rule by any order that is just. Notes and Comments Comment to 1997 change: This is former Rule 13. The rule is simplified. The fees an appellate court may charge in a civil case are now specified by Supreme Court order.

(Emphasis added.)

They have been ordered to pay today, having failed to do so already.

 

[Allanon]

Sometimes I wonder if the defense teams watch Kiwi Farms for the mistakes they make. On the one hand I think 'surely an actual lawyer can do their own jobs and they wouldn't listen to KF anyway', but on the other I think 'they're not getting paid and they billed watching a 15 minute youtube video by Nick as "research"...'

 

[Laundui_or_douchette?]

Sometimes I wonder if the defense teams watch Kiwi Farms for the mistakes they make. On the one hand I think 'surely an actual lawyer can do their own jobs and they wouldn't listen to KF anyway', but on the other I think 'they're not getting paid and they billed watching a 15 minute youtube video by Nick as "research"...'

So, are they billing their clients for research and are reading KF?

 

[AnOminous]

So, are they billing their clients for research and are reading KF?

With every shitpost you make about Monica being fat and Ron being a cuck, LemWAAAAH bills the Soye Boye another dollar.

 

[TheClappening]

Sometimes I wonder if the defense teams watch Kiwi Farms for the mistakes they make. On the one hand I think 'surely an actual lawyer can do their own jobs and they wouldn't listen to KF anyway', but on the other I think 'they're not getting paid and they billed watching a 15 minute youtube video by Nick as "research"...'

No joke, I'm sure any competent law firm will use all resources available to them, including a yelling Minnesota lawyer and a forum of shitposters. I can almost bet you that BHBC has @Nontransferable's profile bookmarked because he has archives for days.

I also bet that BHBC watches Nick and even considers his arguments. Not because a 5th-year attorney is better than them, but because Nick has a different perspective and approaches on things, and that can help.

As for the defendants' counsels, they're probably looking on with morbid curiosity as more and more material turns up that can bury their clients if this gets past appeals.

 

[Harvey Danger]

Sometimes I wonder if the defense teams watch Kiwi Farms for the mistakes they make. On the one hand I think 'surely an actual lawyer can do their own jobs and they wouldn't listen to KF anyway', but on the other I think 'they're not getting paid and they billed watching a 15 minute youtube video by Nick as "research"...'

They probably just scan KF for evidence of gayops, and let LawTwitter do the real sifting for anything useful.

Considering Doucette et al wouldn't know a good argument if it bit them in the ass and gave them a Wuhan/West Nile cocktail, it probably doesn't do much except pad out the bill.

 

[Kosher Salt]

With every shitpost you make about Monica being fat and Ron being a cuck, LemWAAAAH bills the Soye Boye another dollar.

Only a dollar? It'd have to be at least 0.1 hours.

As far as the unpaid $10, would there be a filing to say that they've paid it, or does that just get entered into their account so that the court clerk knows that the bill's paid?

 

[AnOminous]

Only a dollar? It'd have to be at least 0.1 hours.

As far as the unpaid $10, would there be a filing to say that they've paid it, or does that just get entered into their account so that the court clerk knows that the bill's paid?

There's a docket entry when BHBC paid their own tardy fee. I don't know if a $10 filing fee would count or get an entry.

 

[Cuckoman]

There's a docket entry when BHBC paid their own tardy fee. I don't know if a $10 filing fee would count or get an entry.

But it doesn't make sense at all to me. This can't just be incompetence. It is 10$, they surely must have routines for this.
Create a calendar entry, have the intern go pay the fee etc. Surely.
But maybe they have paid already but the system has just not been updated yet?

Crazy speculation follows:
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Anyway. Assume thed did not pay it at this deadline either. Am I crazy if I think it then must be deliberate by the lawfirm?
Surely no lawfirm on the planet could be this incompetent. So it must be deliberate.

What would they gain by not paying the filing fee? They have already given up on both the case as well as ever getting paid for services provided to moron? And by defaulting on this fee they will end up having to spend less time, they will not get paid for, going forward?

Could it just be some kind of damage control, stopping them from bleeding even more hours/money?
Am I crazy?

 

[Kendrick]

Shot in the dark: got quarantined before paying, couldn't make it. Or maybe the court is closed during the pandemy and all deadlines are on hold until they get the all clear.

 

[774]

Anyway. Assume thed did not pay it at this deadline either. Am I crazy if I think it then must be deliberate by the lawfirm?
Surely no lawfirm on the planet could be this incompetent. So it must be deliberate.

What would they gain by not paying the filing fee? They have already given up on both the case as well as ever getting paid for services provided to moron? And by defaulting on this fee they will end up having to spend less time, they will not get paid for, going forward?

Wouldn't this open them up to getting sued by their own clients, though? Not paying small fees you can and should be paying is hard to excuse unless there's a legitimate reason they're unable to work. Or maybe if the clients are way behind on their bills?? Don't know about the latter, though. Either way, having to defend a lawsuit doesn't help with expenses unless they can recover their costs on it. They already have one they're having trouble doing that on, after all.

 

[Harvey Danger]

Could it just be some kind of damage control, stopping them from bleeding even more hours/money?
Am I crazy?

You're crazy. It's just a random fee. Small crap like this gets missed all the time, and the courts seem to file "Ok you did the thing" notices a few days late anyway. If they wanted to throw the case without getting sued for incompetence, there are better ways than a blatantly obvious "refusal" to pay $10.

Having said that, sometimes stupid people really are that stupid, and I will laugh for days if they ignore this to the point where it screws up their appeals.