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Case No.: 48-2007-CA-014233-O Page 1 of 4 s’ Motion to Appoint Commissioner
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,
IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP, LLC and WRIGHT
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
BRITNEY SPEARS and BRITNEY
TOURING, INC.,
Defendants. /
CASE NO: 48-2007-CA-014233-O
DIVISION: 32
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF COMMISSIONER AND ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA
COME NOW the Plaintiffs, WRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC
and WRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., by and through the
undersigned counsel, and pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.300 and moves this Court to:
1. Appoint ABC Process Service Bureau, Inc., or its agent, as a
Commissioner in the above-styled cause to serve a Subpoena Duces Tecum
Without Deposition (Exhibit A) upon the following Records Custodian:
Zomba Recording Corporation
c/o Kim L. Rappaport, Esq.
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
550 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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2. Enter an Order Appointing the above-referenced Commissioner to
serve the attached subpoena (Exhibits A) on the Record Custodian to compel the
production of discovery in aid of execution as set forth in the attached subpoenas
and in support thereof, the Plaintiffs would state:
(a) The instant case is a breach of contract action arising out of a
personal management contract between the Plaintiffs and the Defendants initiated
on October 26, 2007.
(b) On November 1, 2007, the Plaintiffs served discovery requests
on the Defendants which to date have not been responded to. (Composite Exhibit
B – Plaintiffs’ First Request for Production and First Set of Interrogatories)
(c) On December 18, 2007, the Plaintiffs obtained a Clerk’s
Default against the Defendants. (Composite Exhibit C Clerk’s Default against
Britney Spears and Britney Touring, Inc.)
(d) On February 14, 2008, the Plaintiffs obtained Final Judgments
against the Defendants. (Composite Exhibit D Final Judgment By Default
against Britney Spears and Britney Touring, Inc.)
(e) On February 14, 2008, the Plaintiffs also obtained an Order
(Exhibit E) compelling the Defendants, Defendants’ agents, Defendants’
representatives and those in possession of Defendants’ records to produce and
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respond to the discovery requests (Composite Exhibit B) in aid of execution of the
Final Judgments entered.
(f) On February 14, 2008, the Plaintiffs issued a Notice of
Production from Non-Party (Exhibit F) as to Zomba Recording Corporation, 550
Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
(g) On March 4, 2008, Plaintiffs’ counsel forwarded a copy of the
Notice of Production from Non-Party as to Zomba Recording Corporation to the
counsel for the Conservator of the Estate of Britney Spears, Jeryll Cohen, Esq., via
electronic transmission.
(h) As of this date, no objection to the Notice of Production from
Non-Party (Exhibit F) as to Zomba Recording Corporation has been received by
any party.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court enter an
Order Appointing Commission to appoint the above entity as Commissioner for the
service of process and/or administering of oaths and/or reporting depositions of the
above-named Records Custodians and such other depositions in the State of New
York as may be necessary and/or authorize the Clerk of the Supreme Court for
New York County to issue the respective subpoenas to compel the aforementioned
Records Custodians to produce the requested documentation on the date and time
specified on the respective subpoenas and authorize the undersigned Counsel to
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make inquiries at the time of production and/or depositions and to such other
further relief as this Court deems just and proper.
Dated this 3rd day of April, 2008. Respectfully Submitted,
_/s/ Clay M. Townsend
/s/ Clay M. Townsend/s/ Clay M. Townsend
/s/ Clay M. Townsend______
CLAY M. TOWNSEND, ESQ.
Florida Bar No.: 363375
KEITH MITNIK, ESQ.
Florida Bar No.: 436127
GREGORIO FRANCIS, ESQ.
Florida Bar No.: 8478
MORGAN & MORGAN, P.A.
20 N. Orange Avenue, Ste. 1600
Orlando, FL 32801
PH: (407) 420-1414
Fax: (407) 425-8171
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been
furnished, by U.S. mail, this 3rd day of April, 2008, to: Judith Mercier, Esq., Jorge
Hernandez-Torano, Esq. and Bill Wilson, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, 200 S.
Orange Avenue, Suite 2600, Orlando, FL 32801; Britney Touring, Inc., c/o
Corporation Service Company, 1201 Hays Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301-2525;
and ABC Process Service Bureau, Inc., 225 Broadway, Suite 616, New York, NY
10007.
__/s/ Clay M. Townsend
/s/ Clay M. Townsend/s/ Clay M. Townsend
/s/ Clay M. Townsend_
CLAY M. TOWNSEND, ESQ.
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