When is the appropriate time to give notice to the court that fraud is being committed upon it and upon the defense?
Meh, I expressed reservations yesterday about the wisdom of Hardin making new filings, especially 262, ahead of the Zoom hearing. The Magistrate is losing patience and it's my opinion that this is showing, especially given his terse order for this meeting, wherein very specific ECFs were mentioned to be addressed. There's a specific block of time set aside on that day for that specific purpose.
These judges aren't on our side, and we've seen how they can smack us down when they get pissed off at too many motions and exhibits and fuckery, and it doesn't matter that the delays "are the judge's own fault" because the judges get to decide how to proceed. Does anyone truly disagree with "Pissing off the judge isn't a good idea" as a basic statement for conducting a case? Hardin can't tell the judge "If you had just handled things better before now, none of this would be happening" because Hardin is not a retarded moron like Greer.
I then had a number of posters disagree with me, including several bizarre statements like the upcoming hearing is "a scheduling conference" (it's not), or that the judge might make "an omnibus ruling" after which "the opportunity is gone" to raise any additional issues (The hell? Why? The case would still be open, discovery wouldn't be complete, and might actually start over, and no actual trial would be in sight till probably next year at the earliest). People also suggested I thought "Hardin should do nothing, ever," which apparently is the "SO YOU'RE SAYING" deflection du jour.
I asked for clarification on why anybody thought ECF 262 was a good idea
now, since it's merely a "supplemental authority" and not even a motion on ECF 213, a months-old item (also not a motion) that is not up for discussion at the forthcoming hearing. I asked why people think that Hardin HAS to bring it up before the hearing or else he'll NEVER be able to bring it up. I asked what an "omnibus ruling" of that sort (ending all future potential motions before the trial even starts!) would even look like, and if there were examples of such. There also seems to be a vague suggestion that this upcoming Zoom hearing is THE ONLY hearing that will be had, or could be had, or might ever be had for the rest of the case, so Hardin should throw any and everything he can possibly think of onto the docket NOW and bring it up at this hearing whether the judge likes it or not. Why?
I never got a response to those questions. All I get is "SO YOU'RE SAYING" and "Well when CAN he file, HUHHHHH?" and similar deflection and it's pretty embarrassing.
I still wonder:
Why now? ECF 213 was well over two months ago (is it even timely to respond now?), and again it's not part of the scheduled meeting. It's not even a motion. Why not lay low and keep the docket clear until the hearing instead of raising the additional aggro, and then raise further issues afterwards once things like Greer's IFP status and the last round of sanctions are decided? Why do you think there can't or won't be yet another hearing down the road? It's a Greer case, of course there will be further hearings, why on earth do you think "logjamming" everything you can possibly think of into THIS ONE hearing that already has specific items laid out for handling is a good idea and not a bad idea?
If you don't have an answer, it's okay to say that. We are all here chewing and ruminating over the ins and outs of a legal case, after all.
