IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
WESTERN DIVISION
Zane Seipler, ))
Plaintiff, )
v. ))
Case No. 08 c 50257
Anton Cundiff, et al., ) Honorable Judge Frederick J. Kapala
)
Defendants. )
DEFENDANTS’ POST-HEARING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF SANCTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
BURDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
I. Clear and Convincing Proof Plaintiff Violated the Protective Order and Submitted a Perjured Affidavit Denying Knowledge of Real MCSO (Nos. 1-9) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II. Clear and Convincing Proof Plaintiff Created Shadow and Cited it on June 21, 2011 in Order to Mock and Misdirect the Court (No. 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
III. Clear and Convincing Proof Horwitz Affirmatively Misled the Court on September 7 and 23, 2011 as to the Creation of Real MCSO (Nos. 11-16) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Plaintiff’s Fabrication of a False Affirmative Defense (Nos. 17-19) . . . . . . . . . 10
(1) Why would Mrs. Seipler review, alter, and publicly post the
documents? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
(2) How did Mrs. Seipler hide her document review and blogging from Plaintiff . . . . . . . . . 14
(3) How did Mrs. Seipler create Real MCSO with Plaintiff’s email address?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
(4) Why did Plaintiff fail to alert the Court to the evidence until December 2011?. . . . . . . . . . 19
V. Only the Remedy of Dismissal Can Adequately Redress Plaintiff’s Misconduct . . . . . . . . . 21
CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases Page
ABF Freight Sys, Inc. v. NLRB, 510 U.S 317 (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Bautista v. Star Cruises, 696 F. Supp. 2d 1274 (S.D. Fla. 2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bell v. Inland Mut. Ins., 332 S.E.2d 127 (W.Va. 1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Cleveland Hair Clinic, Inc. v. Puig, 200 F.3d 1063 (7th Cir. 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9
Cox v. West Virginia, 460 S.E.2d 25 (W.Va. 1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dixon v. United States, 548 U.S. 1, 8 (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Dotson v. Bravo, 202 F.R.D. 559 (N.D. Ill. 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Footman v. Cheung, 341 F. Supp. 2d 1218 (M.D. Fla. 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
In re Lightfoot, 217 F.3d 914 (7th Cir. 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Jackson v. Murphy, 468 Fed. App’x 616 (7th Cir. 2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Jimenez v. Madison Area Tech. Coll., 321 F.3d 652 (7th Cir. 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Kendall Lakes Condo. v. Pac. Ins. Co., No. 10-24310, 2011 WL 6190160
(S.D. Fla. Dec. 2, 2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Link v. Wabash R.R., 370 U.S. 626 (1962) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Maynard v. Nygren, 332 F.3d 462 (7th Cir. 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Oliver v. Gramley, 200 F.3d 465 (7th Cir. 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Quela v. Payco-General Am. Credits, Inc., No. 99 C 1904, 2000 WL 656681
(N.D. Ill. May 18, 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
REP MCR Realty, L.L.C. v. Lynch, 363 F. Supp. 2d 984 (N.D. Ill. 2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rhodes v. LaSalle Bank, No. 02 C 2059, 2005 WL 281221 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 1, 2005) . . . . . . . . . 22
Ridge Chrysler Jeep LLC v. Daimler Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC,
516 F.3d 623 (7th Cir. 2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rodriguez v. M&M/Mars, No. 96 C 1231, 1997 WL 349989 (N.D. Ill. June 23, 1997) . . . . . . . 22
Salmeron v. Enterprise Recovery Sys., Inc., 579 F.3d 787 (7th Cir. 2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Ty, Inc. v. Softbelly’s, Inc., 517 F.3d 494 (7th Cir. 2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
U.S. Comm. Tr. Comm’n v. L.S. Asset Mgmt., No. 07 C 3598, 2007 WL 2915647
(N.D. Ill. Oct. 4, 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
United States v. Shaffer Equip., 11 F.3d 450 (4th Cir. 1993) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Wade v. Soo Line R.R. Corp., 500 F.3d 559 (7th Cir. 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Webb v. CBS Broad., Inc., No. 08 C 6241, 2010 WL 2104179
(N.D. Ill. May 25, 2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 9
Statutes
FED. R. CIV. P. 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3, 10
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Part 2 tomorrow.