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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
AGREED SECOND AMENDED 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 the Amended Subpoena Duces
Tecum Without Deposition (Exhibit A), to which the Defendants have no
objection, 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 (Exhibit A) on the Record Custodian to compel the
production of discovery in aid of execution as set forth in the attached subpoena
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 their first request
for production of documents on the Defendants which to date have not been
responded to. (Exhibit B)
(c) On December 18, 2007, the Plaintiffs obtained a Clerk’s
Default against the Defendants.
(d) On February 14, 2008, the Plaintiffs obtained Final Judgments
against the Defendants.
(e) On February 14, 2008, the Plaintiffs also obtained an Order
compelling the Defendants, Defendants’ agents, Defendants’ representatives and
those in possession of Defendants’ records to produce and respond to the
Plaintiffs’ discovery requests in aid of execution of the Final Judgments entered.
(f) On February 14, 2008, the Plaintiffs issued a Notice of
Production from Non-Party as to Zomba Recording Corporation, 550 Madison
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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) On March 17, 2008, Plaintiffs filed their Certificate of Non-
objection.
(i) On March 19, 2008, this Court granted Plaintiffs’ Motion for
Appointment of Commissioner and Issuance of Subpoenas and entered an Order
appointing the law firm of Baker and Hostetler, LLP as the Plaintiffs’
Commissioner to effect service of process on the non-party witness, Zomba
Recording Corporation.
(j) On March 31, 2008, Plaintiffs were advised that Baker and
Hostetler, LLP, now had a conflict of interest in complying with this Court’s
Order.
(k) On April 3, 2008, Plaintiffs’ filed their Amended Motion for
Appointment of Commissioner and Issuance of Subpoena to appoint a new
commissioner, and Defendants filed their memorandum in opposition to Plaintiff’s
amended motion.
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3. On April 7, 2008, counsel for the Plaintiffs and counsel for the
Defendants reached a compromise regarding the scope of the subpoena to be
issued to Zomba Recording Corporation.
4. Plaintiffs have modified the original subpoena to comport with the
compromise reached with the Defendants, which is attached herewith as the
amended subpoena (Exhibit A).
5. Defendants have no objection to the issuance of the amended
subpoena (Exhibit A), and Plaintiffs’ amended motion and Defendants’
memorandum in opposition thereto, filed on April 3, 2008, are now moot.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court enter an
Order Appointing Commission to appoint ABC Process Service Bureau, Inc., as
Commissioner for the service of process and/or administering of oaths and/or
reporting depositions of the above-named Records Custodian(s) 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 subpoena
to compel the aforementioned Records Custodian(s) to produce the documents1 on
the date and time specified on the respective subpoena and authorize the
undersigned Counsel to make inquiries at the time of production and/or depositions
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and to such other further relief as this Court deems just and proper.
Certification Pursuant to Business Court Rule 5.3
The undersigned represents that he has conferred with Judith Mercier,
counsel for the Defendants, by emailing her and speaking with her on April 3,
through April 8, 2008, and that counsel for the Defendants has no objection to the
attached Amended Subpoena Duces Tecum Without Deposition (Exhibit A) to be
issued and served upon the non-party witness, Zomba Recording Corporation.
Dated this 8th 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 8th 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.
__/s/ Clay M. Townsend
/s/ Clay M. Townsend/s/ Clay M. Townsend
/s/ Clay M. Townsend_
CLAY M. TOWNSEND, ESQ.
1 “Documents” shall be defined as per the Amended Subpoena Duces Tecum without Deposition attached hereto as
Exhibit A and Section II. Definitions in the s’ First Request for Production attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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