“The law imposes consequences on parties who disregard their obligations”: Giuliani Edition, Updated.

The very capable USDC Judge Liman in Manhattan entered a Friday night order squarely warning Hizzoner that he may be headed to jail by January 3, by about mid-afternoon. The end of the road, for him -- now arrives.

And I love it. Here's the full memoradnum opinion, and order -- and a bit:

“. . .The law imposes consequences on parties who disregard their obligations.” Id. Defendant failed to show any good cause for his tardy responses, and in any event, his objections were without merit. Id. The information requested by Interrogatory # 4 was “squarely relevant to Defendant’s claim for a homestead exemption.” Id. at 4. Plaintiffs had “more than met their burden” to require Defendant to answer Interrogatory # 8 because “Defendant’s repeated noncompliance with his discovery obligations” had given substantial reason to doubt the completeness of his disclosures to date in this case. Id. at 6.

The Court ordered that Defendant answer the interrogatories by December 20, 2024 or show cause why he should not be held in contempt for violation of the Court’s order Id. Defendant failed to show any good cause for his tardy responses, and in any event, his objections were without merit. Id. The information requested by Interrogatory # 4 was “squarely relevant to Defendant’s claim for a homestead exemption.” Id. at 4. Plaintiffs had “more than met their burden” to require Defendant to answer Interrogatory # 8 because “Defendant’s repeated noncompliance with his discovery obligations” had given substantial reason to doubt the completeness of his disclosures to date in this case. Id. at 6. The Court ordered that Defendant answer the interrogatories by December 20, 2024 or show cause why he should not be held in contempt for violation of the Court’s order. . . .

The record is now closed on the order to show cause why Defendant should not be held in contempt. The Court will be prepared to announce its decision on the contempt request as early as the hearing on January 3, 2025. The parties should be prepared to address the question of why, if Defendant is held in contempt, the Court should not impose the sanctions requested in Plaintiff’s letter of December 26, 2024. . . .

Yowza, yer 'Oonor! Smoke that. Out.

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