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·1· · · · IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL
· · · · · CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
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·3· · · · · · · · CASE NO. 502014CA001572XXXXMB
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· · ·MARTIN E. O'BOYLE,
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· · · · · · · ·Plaintiff,
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· · ·-vs-
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· · ·TOWN OF GULF STREAM,
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· · · · · · · ·Defendant.
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12· · · · · · · · · DEPOSITION OF SCOTT MORGAN
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· · · · · · · · · · Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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· · · · · · · · · · · · · ·100 Sea Road
20· · · · · · · · ·Gulf Stream, Florida· 33483
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24· ·Reported By:
· · ·Kathleen Lusz, RPR
25· ·Notary Public, State of Florida
· · ·Job#112005
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·1· ·APPEARANCES:
·2· ·On behalf of the Plaintiff:
·3· · · · MARRETT W. HANNA, Esquire
· · · · · THE O'BOYLE LAW FIRM, P.C.
·4· · · · 1286 W. Newport Center Drive
· · · · · Deerfield Beach, Florida· 33442
·5· · · · Telephone: (954)834-2201
·6· ·On behalf of the Defendant:
·7· · · · JOANNE M. O'CONNOR, Esquire
· · · · · JONES, FOSTER, JOHNSTON & STUBBS
·8· · · · 505 South Flagler Drive
· · · · · Suite 1100
·9· · · · West Palm Beach, Florida· 33401
· · · · · Telephone:· (561)650-0400
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11· ·On behalf of the Deponent:
12· · · · ROBERT A. SWEETAPPLE, Esquire
· · · · · SWEETAPPLE, BROEKER & VARKAS, P.L.
13· · · · 20 S.E. 3rd Street
· · · · · Boca Raton, Florida· 33432
14· · · · Telephone:· (561)392-1230
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16· ·ALSO PRESENT:
17· · · · JONATHAN O'BOYLE, Law Clerk
· · · · · WILLIAM H. THRASHER, Town Manager
18· · · · CHRISTOPHER O'HARE
· · · · · MARTIN O'BOYLE, (11:08 until 11:46 a.m.)
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·4· ·SCOTT MORGAN· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · PAGE
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· · ·No. 2· · · · · · · · · ·Composite· · · · · · 24
12· ·No. 3· · · · · · · July 23, 2013 Letter· · · 36
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·1· · · · · · · · ·DEPOSITION OF SCOTT MORGAN
·2· · · · · · · · · · · · MARCH 26, 2014
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·4· · · · · · ·(Oath administered.)
·5· · · · · · ·MR. MORGAN:· I do.
·6· ·Thereupon,
·7· · · · · · · · · · · ·SCOTT MORGAN,
·8· ·having been first duly sworn, was examined and testified
·9· ·as follows:
10· · · · · · · · · · · DIRECT EXAMINATION
11· ·BY MS. HANNA:
12· · · · Q.· ·All right.· Mr. Morgan, you're an attorney I
13· ·understand so I don't really need to go through the --
14· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I'd prefer if you don't mind
15· · · · putting on the record any instructions you want the
16· · · · witness to follow.
17· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Okay.· Fine.· Sure.
18· · · · · · ·Mr. Sweetapple, before I get started, are you
19· · · · insurance counsel on this case, or what's your
20· · · · position here?
21· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I'm here representing the
22· · · · witness.
23· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Oh, okay.· Can I have your card
24· · · · when you get a chance?
25· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Sure.
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·1· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·2· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· I'm sure you've been through this a
·3· ·million times, but I'm going to ask you questions.· From
·4· ·time to time your attorneys may interpose objections.
·5· ·And I might stop and think about my question, rephrase
·6· ·my question, or I might not.· I might just continue on.
·7· · · · · · ·But you're aware if there is an objection, you
·8· ·know, you still do answer the question unless your
·9· ·attorney imposes a different type of objection, which
10· ·I'm sure you're well aware of, attorney-client privilege
11· ·information.
12· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I'm sorry.· Mr. O'Hare, you're
13· · · · not a party to this case?
14· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· He can sit here.
15· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· He can sit here?
16· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Yeah.· It's an open
17· · · · proceeding.
18· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Oh, okay.· Sorry.· Where I am
19· · · · from, it is not.· Only parties are permitted and
20· · · · counsel of record only.
21· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Okay.
22· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· So my mistake.
23· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Where is that?
24· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Pennsylvania.
25· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Pennsylvania.
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·1· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· No.
·2· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· As Mr. O'Boyle would know, in
·3· · · · Pennsylvania that's how it's done.
·4· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· Well, we're in a
·5· · · · public building, and unless there's a prior
·6· · · · protective order granted by the Court, anyone in
·7· · · · the world can sit in here just like you're in
·8· · · · trial.
·9· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Okay.
10· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Florida is a little more
11· · · · liberal than Pennsylvania.
12· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Yeah, interesting.· Okay.· All
13· · · · right.· Well, sorry.
14· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Okay.· Now I lost my place.
15· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You were explaining to the
16· · · · witness that he's to answer questions except when
17· · · · instructed by counsel.· Typically based on
18· · · · lawyer-client privilege, but that's not the only
19· · · · reason under Florida law but --
20· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Typical.· I used the word typical,
21· · · · maybe I didn't.
22· ·BY MS. HANNA:
23· · · · Q.· ·Regardless, if you don't understand a question
24· ·that I've asked you, please feel free to ask me to
25· ·explain myself.· I'm disheveled, and I may be confused,
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·1· ·and I'd appreciate it if you could ask me to clear up
·2· ·any confusion.
·3· · · · · · ·You know that you should answer your questions
·4· ·verbally so that the court reporter -- you're close to
·5· ·her, so she understands.· You don't nod or any other
·6· ·gestures that can't be taken down on the record.
·7· · · · · · ·And if you need to take a bathroom break,
·8· ·please just tell me, and we'll stop.
·9· · · · A.· ·Got it.
10· · · · Q.· ·Or if you need another break for any other
11· ·reason, I have no problem.· Just let me know.· Okay?
12· · · · A.· ·That's fine.
13· · · · Q.· ·All right.· Let's start from the beginning.
14· ·Can you tell me where were you born?
15· · · · A.· ·I was a born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
16· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· And can you give me a little bit more
17· ·about your background?· Take me through your life up to
18· ·this point.
19· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
20· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Join.
21· ·BY MS. HANNA:
22· · · · Q.· ·Or do you want me to ask you?
23· · · · A.· ·What do you mean?
24· · · · Q.· ·Where did you go to school?
25· · · · A.· ·I went to Susquehanna Township High School.
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·1· ·And then I went to Pennsylvania State University, and
·2· ·then Dickinson School of Law.
·3· · · · Q.· ·And what did you do after you graduated from
·4· ·law school?
·5· · · · A.· ·Then I practiced law in Philadelphia, then in
·6· ·the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
·7· · · · Q.· ·What kind of law did you practice?
·8· · · · A.· ·General litigation.
·9· · · · Q.· ·When did you come to Florida?
10· · · · A.· ·I came to Florida in the early '90s.
11· · · · Q.· ·Do you mind if I ask why?
12· · · · A.· ·How in the world would that be relevant to
13· ·this proceeding?
14· · · · Q.· ·Are you making an objection?
15· · · · A.· ·I'm asking.
16· · · · Q.· ·I'm getting your background.· And credibility
17· ·is always an issue.· I'm just -- Background information
18· ·is always relevant.
19· · · · A.· ·I like Florida.
20· · · · Q.· ·That's all you had to say.
21· · · · · · ·Do you have any professional licenses?
22· · · · A.· ·I was a licensed lawyer.· I have an inactive
23· ·license at this time.
24· · · · Q.· ·Oh, so was.· How long ago did that happen?
25· · · · A.· ·It's been inactive, I can't recall exactly,
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·1· ·but probably within five years.
·2· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· How long have you been in Florida?
·3· · · · A.· ·We came in the early '90s to Florida.
·4· · · · Q.· ·Did you move directly to Gulf Stream?
·5· · · · A.· ·No.· Moved to Boca Raton for a couple of
·6· ·years, and then moved to Gulf Stream.
·7· · · · Q.· ·And your residence now where you live, was
·8· ·that the first place you moved to in Gulf Stream or
·9· ·was --
10· · · · A.· ·No.· We've moved a couple times.
11· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· But you've stayed within the --
12· · · · A.· ·Yes.
13· · · · Q.· ·-- Gulf Stream boundaries?
14· · · · · · ·Are you retired from the practice of law then
15· ·I take it?
16· · · · A.· ·I wouldn't use the word retired.· I have
17· ·another business.
18· · · · Q.· ·What's that business?
19· · · · A.· ·It's called Humidifirst.· We manufacture
20· ·commercial humidifier systems.· And I am the president
21· ·of that company.
22· · · · Q.· ·And where is that located?
23· · · · A.· ·In Boynton Beach.
24· · · · Q.· ·Let's see.· Do you have any building
25· ·experience?
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·1· · · · A.· ·What do you mean?
·2· · · · Q.· ·Construction.· Are you experienced with
·3· ·development construction that would enable you to
·4· ·interpret a code, a building code, that kind of thing?
·5· · · · A.· ·I guess that depends.
·6· · · · Q.· ·Depends on what?
·7· · · · A.· ·Your definition of ability to interpret.
·8· · · · Q.· ·Have you ever built a house?
·9· · · · A.· ·I haven't laid the brick, but I've had a house
10· ·built.
11· · · · Q.· ·So you had a general contractor?
12· · · · A.· ·Yes.
13· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Do you know why we're here today?
14· · · · A.· ·You're taking my deposition.
15· · · · Q.· ·For --
16· · · · A.· ·The lawsuit.
17· · · · Q.· ·-- the public records lawsuit?
18· · · · A.· ·Yes.
19· · · · Q.· ·Are you familiar with Florida's Public Records
20· ·Act?
21· · · · A.· ·Vaguely.
22· · · · Q.· ·Have you ever read the statute?
23· · · · A.· ·No.
24· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· When did you first find out about the
25· ·request that was made which is the subject matter of
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·1· ·this litigation?
·2· · · · A.· ·I haven't seen the complaint in this matter.
·3· · · · Q.· ·I would happily provide --
·4· · · · A.· ·But it is a complaint relative to a public
·5· ·records request.
·6· · · · Q.· ·Correct.
·7· · · · A.· ·So I'm aware of that.· And I first became
·8· ·aware of that lawsuit when the Jones, Foster law firm
·9· ·contacted me about this deposition.
10· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· But my question was more specifically
11· ·directed to the actual request itself prior to the
12· ·initiation of litigation.
13· · · · A.· ·Oh, I had -- Would you repeat the question?
14· · · · Q.· ·When did you become aware of the public
15· ·records request that was made regarding your
16· ·communications with respect to your position on the
17· ·Architectural Review and Planning Board?
18· · · · A.· ·That's the subject of this case?
19· · · · Q.· ·Yes.
20· · · · A.· ·When I received a call from Jones, Foster.
21· · · · Q.· ·So you never saw -- Or Mr. Thrasher never
22· ·called you and asked you about any public records you
23· ·might have on your computers or --
24· · · · A.· ·No.
25· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Would you mark that?
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·1· · · · · · ·(Plaintiff's Exhibit Number 1 was marked for
·2· ·identification.)
·3· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· I apologize, I only have one copy.
·4· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.
·5· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· It's attached as an exhibit to the
·6· · · · complaint.
·7· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Okay.
·8· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Just for the record, it's --
·9· · · · What number is the complaint, the exhibit number of
10· · · · the complaint as well?
11· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· I believe it's Exhibit B.
12· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Exhibit B.· Okay.
13· ·BY MS. HANNA:
14· · · · Q.· ·Could you just take a look at that document
15· ·for me.· Read it over, and let me now when you are
16· ·finished.
17· · · · A.· ·Okay.
18· · · · Q.· ·Has that refreshed your recollection at all
19· ·with respect to the request?
20· · · · A.· ·Your question was whether Mr. Thrasher called
21· ·me to ask me about a records request that you've just
22· ·marked as Exhibit 1.
23· · · · Q.· ·Or anybody from the Town of Gulf Stream.
24· · · · · · ·Did anyone call you and ask you to produce
25· ·these records?
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·1· · · · A.· ·I received a call from someone at the Town of
·2· ·Gulf Stream.· I don't recall who it was.· I'm not sure
·3· ·when it was, but it was this year, saying that there had
·4· ·been more requests by -- and I don't recall if it was
·5· ·Mr. O'Boyle or Mr. O'Hare, but there were requests and
·6· ·also involving me, and did I know of any letters or
·7· ·documents I may have submitted to the Town in the last
·8· ·year or so.
·9· · · · · · ·I was not told specifically about a request
10· ·for records of Scott Morgan of the ARPB.· That
11· ·conversation was pretty much as I just described.
12· · · · Q.· ·While we're on the topic, you mentioned ARPB,
13· ·could you --
14· · · · A.· ·It's the Architectural Review and Planning
15· ·Board.
16· · · · Q.· ·And when did you become a member of that
17· ·board?
18· · · · A.· ·I don't recall.
19· · · · Q.· ·It's been --
20· · · · A.· ·It's been five years or six years, something
21· ·like that.
22· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· And what does the Architectural Review
23· ·board -- Review and Planning Board do?
24· · · · A.· ·We review applications to the board regarding
25· ·development permits, construction, whether it's whole
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·1· ·house or just renovations.· It could be plan
·2· ·renovations, code modifications, anything assigned by
·3· ·the commission for the ARPB to review, and then report
·4· ·back to the commission as an advisory panel.
·5· · · · Q.· ·How many applications do you think that you
·6· ·have in a year?· Can you give me a figure, just a
·7· ·general guess?
·8· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· One of the instructions that
·9· · · · she should have given you was not to speculate or
10· · · · guess.
11· · · · · · ·So if you have a general idea, you can
12· · · · certainly testify to that, but don't guess or
13· · · · speculate.
14· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· We meet monthly generally except
15· · · · August.· And it varies considerably as to how many
16· · · · applications.· It may be one.· It could be four.
17· · · · · · ·So depending on the amount of construction
18· · · · activity and the economy, it does vary
19· · · · considerably.
20· ·BY MS. HANNA:
21· · · · Q.· ·And how does that -- What happens?· You
22· ·receive the packet, and what happens after that?
23· · · · A.· ·Well, we receive a packet which is a good way
24· ·of describing it, and it includes the applications that
25· ·are to be heard by the board.· We generally get them a
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·1· ·week or so before the meeting.· And then witnesses are
·2· ·brought in to present the application information on.
·3· ·It may be some plans, could be architectural drawings.
·4· ·It really depends on what the applicant is trying to
·5· ·accomplish.· And then we hear that evidence, if you want
·6· ·to call it evidence, it's really not a judicial body.
·7· ·And then we determine whether it should be approved or
·8· ·not.
·9· · · · Q.· ·I just want to be clear.· So the Architectural
10· ·Review and Planning Board has witnesses in front of it,
11· ·or is it -- I'm sorry.· Note --
12· · · · A.· ·People are sworn in.· They generally stand up
13· ·at the podium and give I guess you would call it
14· ·testimony.· It is transcribed I believe or at least is
15· ·taped.· I'm not quite sure.
16· · · · Q.· ·So just so I understand the function of this
17· ·board, if I wanted to build a home in Gulf Stream and
18· ·I'm going to exceed the lot lines, I would come to you
19· ·first?
20· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Note my objection to the form
21· · · · to the extent it calls for a legal conclusion.
22· · · · · · ·I suggest you read the Snyder opinion
23· · · · regarding quasi-judicial proceedings and land use
24· · · · applications in the State of Florida.· It governs
25· · · · all of the proceedings.
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·1· · · · · · ·But you can give your lay opinion if you have
·2· · · · one.
·3· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· My understanding of it is that
·4· · · · if you had an application, and that application is
·5· · · · pretty general - I think that's what you're getting
·6· · · · at - you would bring it to the Town, generally meet
·7· · · · with the town manager who would go over it, let you
·8· · · · know if there is any changes that really should be
·9· · · · made or some things that definitely won't comply
10· · · · with the code.
11· · · · · · ·Then it is brought to the ARPB.· We make a
12· · · · decision, and refer it on to the commission with
13· · · · our recommendation.· Our decision is not binding.
14· · · · I believe that's the process.
15· ·BY MS. HANNA:
16· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Thank you.· Is there -- Are there
17· ·qualifications or anything that Gulf Stream requests
18· ·that you have before you sit on the ARPB?
19· · · · A.· ·I don't believe so.
20· · · · Q.· ·Well, once you got there and are on the
21· ·board --
22· · · · · · ·What's your position on the board?
23· · · · A.· ·I'm not on the board anymore.
24· · · · Q.· ·Prior to -- At the time this request was made.
25· ·It was January 1, 2012.
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·1· · · · A.· ·Yeah.· I was chairman of the ARPB at that
·2· ·time.
·3· · · · Q.· ·You were chairman.
·4· · · · · · ·All right.· You receive a packet you explained
·5· ·to me.· How do you get the packet?
·6· · · · A.· ·You can come pick it up, or it typically will
·7· ·be dropped off at our house.
·8· · · · Q.· ·Who drops it off?
·9· · · · A.· ·Sometimes a police officer will bring it.
10· ·Other times I assume of member of staff.· I don't know.
11· ·I just come home from work, and it's there.
12· · · · Q.· ·I'm sorry to skip around.· I just want to --
13· · · · · · ·So you work full-time?
14· · · · A.· ·Yes.
15· · · · Q.· ·Okay.
16· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Except today.
17· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Lucky me.
18· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· It looks like you're going to
19· · · · go well beyond the normal background.· Is this
20· · · · case -- And I'm just a casual observer.· But it
21· · · · looks like it's more about your client lost an
22· · · · election than about a public records request,
23· · · · because this is totally unnecessary for purposes of
24· · · · establishing anything you want to prove in a public
25· · · · records request lawsuit.
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·1· · · · Normally questions are calculated to lead to
·2· ·discovery of admissible evidence.· I hope certainly
·3· ·you're going to at some point leave background.
·4· · · · You might want to ask him what he had for
·5· ·breakfast.· Maybe when you're done asking what he
·6· ·had for breakfast, we can get to the subject matter
·7· ·of your lawsuit.
·8· · · · MS. HANNA:· Thank you for the speech.· That
·9· ·was nice.
10· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Yeah.· Unless you're just
11· ·doing this for harassment.
12· · · · MS. HANNA:· Have you ever read Lorei v. Smith,
13· ·the Second DCA case?
14· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Yeah, I'm familiar.· I've
15· ·been board certified as a civil trial lawyer and a
16· ·business lawyer here for decades.
17· · · · MS. HANNA:· And you've read that case --
18· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Yeah, uh-huh.
19· · · · MS. HANNA:· -- as it pertains to public
20· ·records?
21· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Yes.· And what I'm suggesting
22· ·to you is why he moved to Florida and these other
23· ·questions you're asking him, are really just not
24· ·calculated to lead to --
25· · · · MS. HANNA:· Are you making an objection?
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·1· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I am.· And I'm laying a
·2· ·predicate for the fact that at some point I suspect
·3· ·that I'm going to have to move to suspend this
·4· ·deposition, because you are starting to just harass
·5· ·the witness.· And what you're doing is you have the
·6· ·Plaintiff's son here, the Plaintiff just lost an
·7· ·election.
·8· · · · MS. HANNA:· I'm sorry.· Can we stop for a
·9· ·second?
10· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· No, we can't.
11· · · · MS. HANNA:· I would like to go off the record.
12· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I don't want to go off the
13· ·record.
14· · · · MS. HANNA:· Okay.· Fine.
15· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You have the Plaintiff's son
16· ·here as your law clerk.· The Plaintiff just lost an
17· ·election.
18· · · · You indicated in the beginning you're
19· ·disheveled and disorganized.· You're required to be
20· ·prepared.· And you're required as an officer of the
21· ·court to use this proceeding pursuant to your oath
22· ·not to harass people for any improper purpose.
23· · · · We're here.· This gentleman has taken off from
24· ·work.· And you have some issues that you want to
25· ·prove or take discovery regarding concerning a very
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·1· ·discrete, limited case.
·2· · · · And I would appreciate it if you would conduct
·3· ·yourself as a professional and stick to questions
·4· ·that are calculated to lead to discovery of
·5· ·admissible evidence.
·6· · · · Are we done with your background examination,
·7· ·or are you going to harass him with regard to
·8· ·things that have nothing to do with your purpose
·9· ·here today?
10· · · · MS. HANNA:· Are you done?
11· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I just posed a question to
12· ·you.
13· · · · MS. HANNA:· Can I continue?
14· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Can you please answer my
15· ·question?
16· · · · MS. HANNA:· I'm not in a deposition.· I'm
17· ·taking a deposition.
18· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· Well, I forewarned
19· ·you, so let's watch what you do here.
20· · · · MS. HANNA:· Thank you.· That was a lovely
21· ·speech, and I appreciate it.
22· · · · As you're aware the issue here is whether
23· ·records were produced, when they were produced and
24· ·the existence of other records.· And I suggest that
25· ·you read Lorei v Smith.· It's a Second DCA case
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·1· ·that speaks directly to the point when records are
·2· ·not produced and there's an allegation that the
·3· ·government is playing fast and loose, discovery is
·4· ·much broader and not limited to a strict public
·5· ·records typical deposition.
·6· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I understand that, but you
·7· ·haven't asked anything to do with any production of
·8· ·any records here yet.
·9· · · · So please proceed to do that.· You've been
10· ·under the guise of background wasting our time.· So
11· ·please get to your point.
12· · · · MS. HANNA:· I appreciate that, but I believe
13· ·that the ARPB information is relevant.
14· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I believe you're here to
15· ·harass this witness.· So keep asking questions.
16· ·Let's go.· Let's see if I'm correct or your
17· ·correct.· Because I have a feeling we're going to
18· ·have other proceedings very soon.
19· · · · MS. HANNA:· So are we going to call the judge
20· ·or --
21· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· No, no.· I think we're going
22· ·to end up with other proceedings very soon.· So you
23· ·continue, because I'm watching very carefully.
24· · · · MS. HANNA:· I would ask that you keep your
25· ·objections to a minimum so we don't have this whole
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·1· · · · Emancipation Proclamation on the record.· It does
·2· · · · cost five dollars a page.
·3· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Your client has filed dozens
·4· · · · of requests and lawsuits.· Okay?· And I'm going to
·5· · · · make my statements and objections on the record.
·6· · · · I'm objecting that your questions are not
·7· · · · calculated to lead to discovery of admissible
·8· · · · evidence and that you are harassing the witness and
·9· · · · that this deposition is a pattern of harassment
10· · · · that your client has been pursuing for his own
11· · · · psychological purpose and issues.
12· · · · · · ·So please, I'll say it one more time, let's
13· · · · get to the questions that you as a responsible
14· · · · member of the Bar and professional should be asking
15· · · · in this type of a deposition.
16· · · · · · ·Now please proceed.
17· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· I'm sorry.· Could you read the
18· · · · last question back to me?
19· · · · · · ·(The requested portion of the record was read
20· ·by the reporter.)
21· ·BY MS. HANNA:
22· · · · Q.· ·Are you aware that those packets are public
23· ·records?
24· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Note my objection to the
25· · · · extent it calls for a legal conclusion.
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·1· · · · · · ·Go ahead and answer.
·2· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I guess they would be.
·3· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·4· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Mr. Morgan, do you have a computer?
·5· · · · A.· ·Sure.
·6· · · · Q.· ·Do you have more than one computer?
·7· · · · A.· ·Sure.
·8· · · · Q.· ·Do you use those computers for business?
·9· · · · A.· ·Yes.
10· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
11· ·BY MS. HANNA:
12· · · · Q.· ·Do you use the computers for Town business?
13· · · · A.· ·No.· I wouldn't say I use my computers for
14· ·Town business.· I'm a member of the ARPB.
15· · · · Q.· ·How do you communicate with the Town when an
16· ·issue arises from the --
17· · · · A.· ·What kind of an issue?
18· · · · Q.· ·A variance request with the ARPB.
19· · · · A.· ·As I said, typically what happens we get a
20· ·packet of material from the Town.· We don't -- We don't
21· ·know what's in it.· We don't know the issues that are
22· ·before the Town until we receive the packet, read the
23· ·packet, see what the applications are.· They usually are
24· ·not variances.· They're usually much simpler than that.
25· ·And then we go to the hearing.
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·1· · · · Q.· ·Do you communicate --
·2· · · · A.· ·We don't -- No.· I don't call the Town and
·3· ·say, you know, I see we have an application for Joe
·4· ·Smith, I'd like to get some more information on that.
·5· ·No.· At least I've not done that.
·6· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Yesterday I received an e-mail from
·7· ·Ms. O'Connor forwarding me a document that I believe was
·8· ·an e-mail from you to Mr. Thrasher.
·9· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Mark that.
10· · · · · · ·(Plaintiff's Exhibit Number 2 was marked for
11· ·identification.)
12· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Thank you.
13· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· I did bring copies of that.
14· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You marked this as Two?
15· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Yes.
16· ·BY MR. SWEETAPPLE:
17· · · · Q.· ·Could you just take a second and read that
18· ·e-mail?
19· · · · A.· ·Yes.
20· · · · Q.· ·Is this e-mail an e-mail that you used for
21· ·official business with the Town, related to the Town?
22· · · · A.· ·This particular e-mail was -- You use the word
23· ·used for official business.· I don't know that that's a
24· ·correct way of designating it.· It's just an e-mail
25· ·address.
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·1· · · · Q.· ·As in this e-mail, the Exhibit 2, do you --
·2· ·Strike that.· I'm sorry.
·3· · · · · · ·Do you have a specific e-mail address that you
·4· ·use to communicate with members of the Town with respect
·5· ·to your duties with the ARPB?
·6· · · · A.· ·No.
·7· · · · Q.· ·Do you have more than one e-mail address that
·8· ·you use to communicate with the Town?
·9· · · · A.· ·I don't regularly communicate with the Town
10· ·for official business.· So I'm not quite sure what
11· ·you're asking.
12· · · · Q.· ·I guess I'm not being clear.
13· · · · A.· ·I sent this e-mail with that e-mail address.
14· · · · Q.· ·And what was the date this e-mail was sent?
15· · · · A.· ·October 18th of 2013.
16· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· The second paragraph of the e-mail
17· ·addresses a request that was made.· And you state that
18· ·the request is vague.· So you were unable in good faith
19· ·to respond to it?
20· · · · A.· ·That's correct.
21· · · · Q.· ·What did you use to make that determination?
22· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Note my objection to the
23· · · · form.· Do you have the underlying --
24· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Join.
25· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· -- the underlying
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·1· ·communication that he's referring to?
·2· · · · MS. HANNA:· Is there an underlying
·3· ·communication that he's referring to?
·4· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Well, yeah.· He says the
·5· ·highlight in request number five of the e-mail
·6· ·makes no sense.
·7· · · · So do you have that?
·8· · · · MS. HANNA:· Unfortunately, I don't, which is
·9· ·one of the issues in this lawsuit.
10· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.
11· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· This is referencing an e-mail
12· ·that your client sent making a public records
13· ·request.· So I would suspect that you have it.
14· · · · MS. HANNA:· The time frame is October 18,
15· ·2013.· Mr. O'Boyle made a request for --
16· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· It's not the request we're
17· ·talking about here.
18· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You don't have his e-mail?
19· ·You don't have Mr. O'Boyle's e-mail?
20· · · · MS. HANNA:· No, I do not.· I have
21· ·Mr. O'Boyle's public records request, which
22· ·includes any communication sent or received by
23· ·Scott Morgan of the Architectural Review and
24· ·Planning Board at the Town of Gulf Stream for the
25· ·period beginning January 1, 2012 through the date
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·1· ·of this request, which is 1/24/14.
·2· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· That request itself as a
·3· ·matter of law is vague.· It doesn't even indicate
·4· ·who to or from.
·5· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· And just for the record, this
·6· ·e-mail --
·7· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Is that what you're referring
·8· ·to?
·9· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· -- was produced to you in an
10· ·abundance of caution to the extent it might fall
11· ·within the ambit of the public records request
12· ·that's at issue in this lawsuit.
13· · · · Exhibit 2 references another public records
14· ·request made by your client back in October of 2013
15· ·so...
16· · · · MS. HANNA:· We've received 1422 pages after
17· ·this litigation was initiated.· All of those
18· ·documents were responsive to Mr. O'Boyle's request,
19· ·including packets from the ARPB.
20· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Are you saying you don't have
21· ·an e-mail from your client in or about October of
22· ·2013?
23· · · · MS. HANNA:· This is not my client who made the
24· ·request.
25· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· Mr. J. O'Boyle.· You
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·1· ·don't have an e-mail from Mr. J. O'Boyle from on or
·2· ·about October 18th as referred to --
·3· · · · MS. HANNA:· Yes, I do.· I do.
·4· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· So you stand corrected
·5· ·because Mr. J. O'Boyle is showing it to you.
·6· · · · Do you have a copy of it here for the purposes
·7· ·of the deposition so that this exhibit can be
·8· ·complete?
·9· · · · I'm objecting to this exhibit because it's not
10· ·complete.· It make a reference to a document in a
11· ·string that I would like to see and have made part
12· ·of the record if we could.
13· · · · Do you only have it on your computer screen,
14· ·or do you have a hard copy of it?
15· · · · MS. HANNA:· Could we just go off the record
16· ·for a second, please.
17· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· No.· We're not going off the
18· ·record with you.· We're going to have an official
19· ·record about your public records request about your
20· ·client's home improvement.· So we're never going to
21· ·go off the record.
22· · · · MS. HANNA:· Mr. Sweetapple, you're bringing
23· ·up -- I mean you're throwing around election.
24· ·We're not talking about election.· We're not
25· ·talking about my client's home improvement.
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·1· · · · I'm trying to get to some issues here.· I have
·2· ·some genuine questions.· You dispute the
·3· ·genuineness of my questions.
·4· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· No, I don't.
·5· · · · MS. HANNA:· However, your job here is not to
·6· ·dispute my questions.· It's just to sit and listen
·7· ·and object to form.· No speaking objections.
·8· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You have a --
·9· · · · MS. HANNA:· But you have decided that you're
10· ·going to interpose voluminous statements on the
11· ·record.
12· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I can object for a number of
13· ·grounds besides just form.· Your understanding of
14· ·the law is entirely unsophisticated.
15· · · · I am now objecting because this exhibit is
16· ·incomplete.· And I'll ask you for the third time
17· ·very respectfully, other than the fact that
18· ·Mr. Jonathan O'Boyle just showed you a computer
19· ·screen and corrected your earlier position and
20· ·there is a communication from Mr. Jonathan O'Boyle
21· ·in October of 2013 which your Exhibit 2 apparently
22· ·is part of and relates to, I will ask you one last
23· ·time do you have a copy of it so the witness can
24· ·see it so he can have a complete exhibit?· Or do
25· ·you need --
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·1· · · · MS. HANNA:· I'm sure that I do.
·2· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· May I please make it part of
·3· ·the record?· Because you're asking him about that
·4· ·communication.· And he would like to see it.
·5· · · · MS. HANNA:· I am not asking him about that
·6· ·communication.
·7· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Yes.· Because you asked him
·8· ·what -- He referred to a document as being vague.
·9· ·That's the document.
10· · · · Do you have it here today?
11· · · · MS. HANNA:· Can you read my question back for
12· ·me?
13· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You'll see in your questions
14· ·you asked him about what was vague.
15· · · · MS. HANNA:· I believe I asked him what his
16· ·understanding of vagueness was.
17· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Well, that would be a silly
18· ·question to ask.
19· · · · MS. HANNA:· Would it?
20· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Because that would be a legal
21· ·conclusion as to what's vague.· A judge will make
22· ·that decision.
23· · · · And after you've had that read back, please
24· ·answer my question I've asked three times.· Do you
25· ·have the rest of this exhibit or not?
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·1· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· To make Mr. Sweetapple happy,
·2· · · · we'll take it out for the time being, and we'll
·3· · · · move on.
·4· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I'm happy to have you give me
·5· · · · the complete exhibit.· That's not Two.· We'll leave
·6· · · · that marked as Two, but we'll move on.
·7· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Thank you.
·8· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· The next exhibit will be
·9· · · · Three.
10· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Thank you.· Thank you for that,
11· · · · Mr. Sweetapple.
12· ·BY MS. HANNA:
13· · · · Q.· ·Going back to January 1, 2012 when the public
14· ·records request was made that's at issue in this case --
15· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Objection.· The public records
16· · · · request was made in January of 2014.· The request
17· · · · was made in January 2014.· It concerns documents --
18· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Oh, I'm sorry.· You're right.· You
19· · · · are right.
20· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· I just want to clarify for the
21· · · · record.
22· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Okay.· Thank you.
23· · · · · · ·Where is the request?
24· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· With Exhibit 1.
25
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·1· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·2· · · · Q.· ·Mr. Morgan, I'm asking you to take a look at
·3· ·that again.
·4· · · · A.· ·Yes.
·5· · · · Q.· ·At the time that request was made, did you
·6· ·have any documents that would be responsive to the
·7· ·request?
·8· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
·9· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I'm sorry.· At the time this
10· · · · request was made, January 24th of 2014, but not
11· · · · made to me.
12· ·BY MS. HANNA:
13· · · · Q.· ·To the Town.
14· · · · A.· ·Did I have any public records responsive to
15· ·this?
16· · · · Q.· ·Did you have any documents or e-mails or
17· ·letters that you communicated with the Town regarding
18· ·Town business?
19· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
20· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Not to my knowledge.
21· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· What's your basis?
22· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Pardon?
23· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· What's your basis?
24· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· My basis is that anything
25· · · · that he had in his possession that you're asking
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·1· · · · about would not be a public record.· It would be
·2· · · · his personal record.· It would be a public record
·3· · · · only if it were held by the city or town or
·4· · · · municipality or government entity.
·5· · · · · · ·So your whole area of inquiry is based on a
·6· · · · predicate that has no legal basis.· Anything in his
·7· · · · computer is not a public record because he sent it
·8· · · · to a government agency.
·9· · · · · · ·That's the basis for my objection.· Please
10· · · · proceed.
11· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· I'm going to take a break.
12· · · · · · ·Jon, can you come outside with me?
13· · · · · · ·MR. JONATHAN O'BOYLE:· Sure.
14· · · · · · ·(A recess was had from 10:41 until 10:54 a.m.)
15· ·BY MS. HANNA:
16· · · · Q.· ·Mr. Morgan, have you ever -- I know you have.
17· ·I'm just going to give you Exhibit C to the complaint.
18· ·I'll give it to your lawyer first.
19· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Thank you.
20· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· I think it's got an extra page on
21· · · · it.
22· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Not part of the exhibit?
23· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· No.
24· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· Here you go.
25· · · · · · ·Are you going to mark this as Three?
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·1· · · · MS. HANNA:· No.· Let's mark this as Two.
·2· ·We'll come back to --
·3· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Well, we already have a Two
·4· ·marked even though you're not --
·5· · · · MS. HANNA:· It's just a sticker.· We can take
·6· ·it off.
·7· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· Well, then the record
·8· ·won't know what we were talking about.· I prefer to
·9· ·leave Two.· We talked about Two being incomplete.
10· · · · MS. HANNA:· All right.
11· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· So I want a complete record.
12· ·So if you don't mind, we'll mark this as Three.
13· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· And just for the record, it's
14· ·not an exact copy.· It's just a part of Exhibit C
15· ·to the complaint.
16· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· So Exhibit C to the complaint
17· ·is --
18· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· Yes.· You don't have the cover
19· ·letter, the February 3, 2014 cover letter.· Here it
20· ·attaches.
21· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I've got an attachment here.
22· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· And there was more than just
23· ·this document.· There's five pages attached.
24· · · · MS. HANNA:· For Exhibit C?
25· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· Yes.· I have your complaint
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·1· ·right here if you'd like to look at it.
·2· · · · MS. HANNA:· Yeah.· May I see that?
·3· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· Uh-huh.
·4· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· So this is incomplete also
·5· ·you're saying?
·6· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· Correct.
·7· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· We could just say it's part
·8· ·of Exhibit C of the complaint.· At least we'd have
·9· ·the whole exhibit to look at.
10· · · · MS. HANNA:· Okay.
11· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· Do you need to make a copy of
12· ·that?
13· · · · MS. HANNA:· I have this right here.· It's just
14· ·a little confusing because there is an extra sheet
15· ·attached to this.· So I did not believe that it was
16· ·part of the exhibit.
17· · · · Do you want to take a look at this?· Is that
18· ·more complete for you?
19· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.
20· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· It's missing pages three out of
21· ·eight and seven out of eight.
22· · · · MS. HANNA:· One, two, three, four, five.
23· · · · How many pages do you have in your hand?
24· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· Five.
25· · · · MS. HANNA:· This exhibit right here has five
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·1· ·pages.· It starts with a letter from the Town of
·2· ·Gulf Stream, February 3, 2014, and ends with a page
·3· ·signed by Scott W. Morgan.
·4· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Is this letter the only part
·5· ·of the exhibit that Mr. Morgan authored?
·6· · · · MS. HANNA:· Yes.
·7· · · · MS. O'CONNOR:· I suspect you may have attached
·8· ·an incomplete exhibit to your complaint.· This is
·9· ·an eight page fax, and you're missing -- And it's
10· ·both this and the exhibit to the complaint only has
11· ·five pages.· You're missing a page three out of
12· ·eight and page seven and eight out of eight.
13· · · · And the letter indicates that there are five
14· ·eight-and-a-half by eleven one-sided documents that
15· ·are included with this fax cover page.· And it
16· ·appears that only three were attached.
17· · · · MS. HANNA:· Actually, page three is Exhibit B
18· ·of the complaint.
19· · · · MR. JONATHAN O'BOYLE:· Yeah.· It's all A, and
20· ·the exhibits.
21· · · · MS. HANNA:· Page two is Exhibit A to the
22· ·complaint.
23· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Do you want to ask him about
24· ·this letter, the July 23rd letter?
25· · · · MS. HANNA:· Yes.
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·1· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· I marked that as
·2· · · · Three.· So why don't we just go ahead and go
·3· · · · forward with that.
·4· · · · · · ·(Plaintiff's Exhibit Number 3 was marked for
·5· ·identification.)
·6· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Two is subject to completion per
·7· · · · Mr. Sweetapple's request.
·8· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· So you're holding it.
·9· · · · Fine.
10· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Can we continue, please?
11· ·BY MS. HANNA:
12· · · · Q.· ·Have you had a chance to read the letter that
13· ·I've handed you?· It's marked as Exhibit 3.
14· · · · A.· ·I did not read it, but I'm familiar with it.
15· · · · Q.· ·Who was the author of that letter?
16· · · · A.· ·I wrote this and signed it.
17· · · · Q.· ·What prompted you to write that letter?
18· · · · A.· ·At an ARPB meeting, the town manager asked the
19· ·members of the board to take a look at the code and
20· ·propose any comments, modifications, changes, anything
21· ·that they thought might be helpful to an ad hoc
22· ·committee that was being set up to review the design
23· ·manual of our code.· And so in response to that request,
24· ·I wrote this letter.
25· · · · Q.· ·Is this a letter that --
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·1· · · · A.· ·Oh, I'm sorry.· I should have read it.· Strike
·2· ·that.· I'm looking at the wrong one.
·3· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Right.
·4· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I wondered why you were
·5· · · · looking...· I'm sorry.
·6· · · · · · ·This was a letter I wrote on July 23rd.· It's
·7· · · · titled Hidden Harbour Estates Lot 5.· This was a
·8· · · · letter that I -- or a fax that I sent in to the
·9· · · · Town noting my objection to an application that was
10· · · · coming before the ARPB I guess for the July
11· · · · meeting.· Sorry about that.
12· ·BY MS. HANNA:
13· · · · Q.· ·That's all right.
14· · · · · · ·Do you typically send letters to the town?
15· · · · A.· ·No.
16· · · · Q.· ·Only when you have specific objections?
17· · · · A.· ·I would rarely send a letter to the Town.· But
18· ·I had voiced my objection to the Harbour View Estates
19· ·development early on.· This was one of the proposed
20· ·buildings that I objected to.· And I wanted my
21· ·objections to be known to the ARPB for their
22· ·consideration.
23· · · · Q.· ·So when you have objections, you write a
24· ·letter to the ARPB?
25· · · · A.· ·No.· Sometimes I would be sitting on the ARPB.
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·1· · · · Q.· ·Okay.
·2· · · · A.· ·This letter -- Frankly, I knew I was not going
·3· ·to be on.· And had I been there, I more likely than not
·4· ·would have recused myself.· Because as a neighbor in
·5· ·proximity to this property, as I had done before
·6· ·previous times, had recused and vocalized my objections
·7· ·to it.· Others I did not object to with this property.
·8· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Thank you.
·9· · · · · · ·I just want to clarify one point.· Your
10· ·position as the commissioner of the ARPB gave you the
11· ·authority to author documents?
12· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Form.
13· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Objection.
14· ·BY MS. HANNA:
15· · · · Q.· ·Did you author documents during your tenure
16· ·as -- What was it?
17· · · · A.· ·Anyone can write letters, faxes, come and give
18· ·public comment, come and testify relative to any
19· ·application.· You needn't be a member of the board or
20· ·the commission.
21· · · · Q.· ·But as a member of the board or the
22· ·commission, did you create correspondence?
23· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Objection.
24· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· For what?
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·1· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·2· · · · Q.· ·Related to the applications that were before
·3· ·you?
·4· · · · A.· ·All the applications, no.
·5· · · · Q.· ·Was there ever a time when you did create
·6· ·correspondence relative to an application pending before
·7· ·you?
·8· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Objection.· Asked and answered.
·9· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Form.
10· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Not to my knowledge.
11· ·BY MS. HANNA:
12· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· How many e-mail accounts do you have,
13· ·Mr. Morgan?
14· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You don't have to disclose
15· · · · that.· You can say number, but you don't have to
16· · · · tell them your e-mail addresses if you don't want
17· · · · to.
18· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· I didn't ask for the e-mail
19· · · · addresses.
20· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I believe three.
21· ·BY MS. HANNA:
22· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· I know I asked you this before, but I'm
23· ·asking you this again and with an addition, but just so
24· ·there is some context here.
25· · · · · · ·When the request was made on January 14th --
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·1· ·January 24, 2014, you had indicated earlier that
·2· ·Mr. Thrasher did not contact you, nor anyone from the
·3· ·town, correct?
·4· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Form.
·5· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Objection.
·6· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· When?
·7· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·8· · · · Q.· ·When this request was made.
·9· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Pointing to Exhibit 1.
10· ·BY MS. HANNA:
11· · · · Q.· ·Did anyone --
12· · · · A.· ·No one -- I was not called or notified or
13· ·written on January 24th about a records request.
14· · · · Q.· ·At any time thereafter, were you contacted
15· ·about a records request?
16· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Objection.
17· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Yes.· Thereafter, I believe it
18· · · · was thereafter based on what I saw, but I can't
19· · · · really tell.
20· ·BY MS. HANNA:
21· · · · Q.· ·When?
22· · · · A.· ·I said I don't know.· I think I testified
23· ·earlier it was in the New Year.· I'm assuming it was
24· ·after this, but I'm not positive.· But I received a
25· ·telephone call from someone from the Town of Gulf Stream
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·1· ·indicating that more records requests had come in.· It
·2· ·was either from O'Boyle or O'Hare, I don't recall, and
·3· ·had I helped written anything; did I help guide them;
·4· ·had I submitted anything in the last year or so.
·5· · · · · · ·And that's when I said there was a Spence
·6· ·property objection.· And there was the ad hoc committee
·7· ·recommendation on the design code changes.· Those were a
·8· ·couple that I could think of.
·9· · · · Q.· ·What's the ad hoc committee?
10· · · · A.· ·There is an ad hoc committee reviewing the
11· ·design manual for any proposed changes or additions.
12· ·And Mr. Thrasher had asked the members of the ARPB to
13· ·send in any comments that they had that might be helpful
14· ·to the ad hoc committee studying that manual.
15· · · · Q.· ·How did Mr. Thrasher ask you?· Did he send you
16· ·an e-mail?
17· · · · A.· ·No.· It was at a board meeting.
18· · · · Q.· ·Board meeting.
19· · · · · · ·(Mr. Martin O'Boyle entered the room.)
20· ·BY MS. HANNA:
21· · · · Q.· ·Do you presently speak with the town solicitor
22· ·on ARPB matters?
23· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
24· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Join.
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·1· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·2· · · · Q.· ·Have you spoken with Mr. Randolph, who's the
·3· ·town solicitor, to address matters that come before the
·4· ·ARPB?
·5· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Form.
·6· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· At board meetings.
·7· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·8· · · · Q.· ·When you say the Spence property came up, do
·9· ·you -- What happened with regard to the Spence property
10· ·with the application and your objections?
11· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Form.
12· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· There had been a number of
13· · · · applications on the Spence property.· And that's
14· · · · just a general phrase to describe what was
15· · · · originally a single home.· It was purchased by a
16· · · · developer who prepared a plat to develop it into
17· · · · six homes.
18· · · · · · ·Mr. O'Boyle actually led the objection to that
19· · · · property at least with respect to the plat.
20· · · · · · ·Thereafter, there have been applications filed
21· · · · after that was approved for the individual homes.
22· ·BY MS. HANNA:
23· · · · Q.· ·Did you ever talk to any of the contractors
24· ·involved in that project, the Spence property project?
25· · · · A.· ·Had I ever spoken to Mr. Laudani who's I
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·1· ·guess, the head of Seaside Builders?· Yes.
·2· · · · Q.· ·After his application was made?
·3· · · · A.· ·Yes.
·4· · · · Q.· ·Was that during an ARPB commission meeting?
·5· · · · A.· ·Both.
·6· · · · Q.· ·Did you ever have any e-mail exchange with
·7· ·Mr. Laudani?
·8· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Form.
·9· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I don't recall.· I don't know.
10· · · · I don't recall.
11· ·BY MS. HANNA:
12· · · · Q.· ·When you were preparing for the ARPB meetings,
13· ·did you take notes?
14· · · · A.· ·No.· I might occasionally jot something on the
15· ·paperwork that was provided to us.· I don't routinely
16· ·take notes.· I might for questions.· I might either
17· ·write on a paper or on a pad something to ask as a
18· ·question.· But other than that, no, I don't take notes.
19· · · · Q.· ·What do you do with the papers once you're
20· ·done with the meeting?
21· · · · A.· ·I discard them.
22· · · · Q.· ·You've been quoted as saying that you want to
23· ·take a proactive approach to the litigation involving
24· ·the Town with Mr. O'Boyle and Mr. O'Hare's public
25· ·records request.
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·1· · · · · · ·Could you explain what you mean by that?
·2· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Form.
·3· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· Join.
·4· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Not calculated to lead to
·5· · · · discovery of admissible evidence.
·6· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Yes.· I believe the Town should
·7· · · · take a very aggressive stance with respect to
·8· · · · lawsuits such as this one in order to defend the
·9· · · · Town's interests.
10· ·BY MS. HANNA:
11· · · · Q.· ·Have you ever received any documents from the
12· ·Town in the mail?
13· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
14· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· What's your basis?
15· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· "Have you ever received any
16· · · · documents from the Town in the mail?"
17· · · · · · ·You don't think that's a little overly broad?
18· · · · You don't have a time period?· You're talking he's
19· · · · probably received hundreds of documents from the
20· · · · Town in the mail.
21· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Thank you for that.
22· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I think you would be a little
23· · · · more specific than that.· Otherwise we'll be here
24· · · · for like weeks.
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·1· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·2· · · · Q.· ·Of the hundreds of documents that your
·3· ·attorney has so pointed out --
·4· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Water bills --
·5· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·6· · · · Q.· ·-- from the town --
·7· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Notices of elections,
·8· · · · properties --
·9· ·BY MS. HANNA:
10· · · · Q.· ·-- with respect to your position as the ARPB
11· ·planning --
12· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· That's not what he said.
13· ·BY MS. HANNA:
14· · · · Q.· ·-- ARPB -- Architectural Review Board and
15· ·Planning, did you ever receive mail with respect to your
16· ·duties as the head of that board from the Town?
17· · · · A.· ·No.
18· · · · Q.· ·I have one more thing.
19· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Do you have a complete
20· · · · exhibit now?· Do you have this?
21· · · · · · ·You are going to read it?
22· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I will this time having made a
23· · · · mistake on the last one.
24· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.
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·1· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·2· · · · Q.· ·Who authored that e-mail?
·3· · · · A.· ·The e-mail on the top is the one that I sent
·4· ·dated October 18, 2013.
·5· · · · Q.· ·And that's Exhibit 2, composite?
·6· · · · A.· ·Right.· I think Two comprises four pages.
·7· · · · Q.· ·Could you read the e-mail prior to that?
·8· ·Could you slide that sheet over, Exhibit Two top.
·9· · · · A.· ·This -- I don't think this is an e-mail.· It
10· ·looks like a letter from the town, or maybe it was
11· ·e-mailed because it's got Jonathan O'Boyle's e-mail
12· ·address on it.· I don't know.
13· · · · · · ·Do you want me to read this, whatever it is?
14· · · · Q.· ·Go ahead.
15· · · · A.· ·It's dated October 18, 2013.· Dear
16· ·Mr. Jonathan O'Boyle, The Town of Gulf Stream has
17· ·received your public records request dated October 15,
18· ·2013.· If your request was received in writing, then the
19· ·first page of that request is attached to this cover
20· ·letter.· If your request was verbal, then the
21· ·description of your public records request is set forth
22· ·in the space below.· Our staff will review your request
23· ·within the next three business days, and we will
24· ·promptly send you the appropriate response or an
25· ·estimated cost to respond."
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·1· · · · Q.· ·Now, would you do me a favor and take a look
·2· ·at Mr. O'Boyle's, Jonathan O'Boyle's request?
·3· · · · A.· ·This is dated October 15, 2013.
·4· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· How many pages is the request?
·5· · · · A.· ·The e-mail request is two pages.
·6· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Do you mind if I have that for a
·7· ·second?
·8· · · · · · ·How did you become aware of this request which
·9· ·would have prompted you to send that e-mail to
10· ·Mr. Thrasher dated October 18, 2013?
11· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
12· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I don't recall, but I was
13· · · · obviously given at least request number five, but I
14· · · · don't recall how I received it.
15· ·BY MS. HANNA:
16· · · · Q.· ·And why did you -- What was the basis for your
17· ·conclusion in your e-mail?
18· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
19· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Why don't you read it?· Does it
20· · · · make sense to you?
21· · · · · · ·It doesn't make sense.
22· ·BY MS. HANNA:
23· · · · Q.· ·Why?
24· · · · A.· ·Read it.
25· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Read it into the record.
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·1· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I'll read it into the record.
·2· · · · Give it to me.
·3· ·BY MS. HANNA:
·4· · · · Q.· ·Okay.
·5· · · · A.· ·Number five.· "E-mail's sent from
·6· ·Scott Morgan's for the month of September 2013."
·7· · · · · · ·What does that mean?· What is that?· It's
·8· ·vague.· I'm not going to respond to that.
·9· ·BY MS. HANNA:
10· · · · Q.· ·Could you just read -- When you were confused,
11· ·did you seek assistance for your confusion?
12· · · · A.· ·Mr. -- I think I got this from Mr. Thrasher,
13· ·and I would assume that anybody reading that would have
14· ·the same reaction I did.
15· · · · Q.· ·So your reaction you felt, and if I'm
16· ·misstating this, you felt that based on this response
17· ·being vague no records would be provided?
18· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Object to the form.
19· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I didn't understand it,
20· · · · Counselor.
21· ·BY MS. HANNA:
22· · · · Q.· ·Did you ask Mr. Thrasher to explain it to you
23· ·or seek --
24· · · · A.· ·No.
25· · · · Q.· ·-- clarification?
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·1· · · · A.· ·No.· I responded in my e-mail, which is marked
·2· ·as Exhibit 2 and is self-explanatory.
·3· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· I'm just going to ask you
·4· · · · gentlemen if we could have a five minute break.· We
·5· · · · may be concluding.
·6· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Sure.
·7· · · · · · ·(A recess was had from 11:22 until 11:33 a.m.)
·8· · · · · · ·MS. O'CONNOR:· If we could also note for the
·9· · · · record that also in attendance is the Plaintiff,
10· · · · Martin O'Boyle, as well as Chris O'Hare, and
11· · · · Mr. Thrasher from the Town.
12· · · · · · ·MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· And if I may, my name is
13· · · · Martin O'Boyle --
14· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You're not allowed to make
15· · · · any comments at this time.· We are in the middle of
16· · · · a court proceeding.
17· · · · · · ·MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· Okay.
18· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You're entitled to observe
19· · · · and that's all.· Please sit down, sir, or else I'm
20· · · · going to suspend the deposition and move the Court
21· · · · for sanctions, including contempt citation against
22· · · · you.
23· · · · · · ·Please sit down.· There's an attorney here
24· · · · representing you.· Do you want to speak to her
25· · · · privately?· You can do so.
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·1· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· I want to speak with her
·2· ·on the record.· I'm terminating the services of my
·3· ·attorney.
·4· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Do not speak to her on the
·5· ·record, sir.· Please sit down, Mr. O'Boyle.
·6· ·Mr. Boyle, sit down and observe the --
·7· · · · MS. HANNA:· Mr. Sweetapple, please don't raise
·8· ·your voice.
·9· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· I'm terminating the
10· ·services of my attorney.
11· · · · MS. HANNA:· There is no need to raise your
12· ·voice.
13· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· I'm going to be on the
14· ·phone with Judge McCarthy.· Let's go.· Let's take a
15· ·break.· I'm going to call Judge McCarthy it
16· ·appears.
17· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· Well, we'll call him
18· ·together because --
19· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Oh, we're going to call him
20· ·together.· I'm going to pull his number out of my
21· ·speed dial here from my --
22· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· Sure.
23· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· -- court judges.
24· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· Sure.
25· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· And then we are going to have
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·1· · · · to call him in a few minutes.
·2· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· He is not going to be available.
·3· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· Can you talk to your
·4· · · · client and make him aware that he's not to make
·5· · · · speeches?
·6· · · · · · ·MS. HANNA:· Did you hear what my client just
·7· · · · said?
·8· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· We're going to leave.· You
·9· · · · talk to your client.· You speak for your client.
10· · · · · · ·We'll leave, and when you're done -- Let's go
11· · · · ahead and excuse ourselves.· Then you can put on
12· · · · the record whatever you want to say on behalf of
13· · · · your client.· This is not his soapbox or his
14· · · · psychiatric office.
15· · · · · · ·(Mr. Sweetapple, Ms. O'Connor, Mr. Thrasher
16· ·and the witness exited the room at 11:34 a.m.)
17· · · · · · ·MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· As I said, my name is
18· · · · Martin O'Boyle I'm the Plaintiff.· I have
19· · · · terminated the services of our counsel.· I am now
20· · · · pro se.· I am prepared to continue with the
21· · · · deposition where counsel has left off.
22· · · · · · ·(A recess was had from 11:34 until 11:40 a.m.)
23· · · · · · ·MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Back on the record.· I'm
24· · · · ready for counsel to proceed.
25· · · · · · ·Counsel, are you going to continue to finish
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·1· ·this deposition?· I think you've told me you've
·2· ·been fired; is that the case?
·3· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· Counsel no longer
·4· ·represents me.· I'm pro se.
·5· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You're pro se.
·6· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· Yes.
·7· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· Well, we're going to
·8· ·have to take that up with the judge.· You weren't
·9· ·here for the beginning part of the deposition.
10· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· That's correct.
11· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You don't even know what's
12· ·been asked.· Is it -- Is it your intention to
13· ·complete a deposition after terminating your
14· ·counsel?
15· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· It is my intention to
16· ·take the deposition.· And, of course, I would have
17· ·to complete the deposition.· Otherwise --
18· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· I'm going -- I'm going
19· ·to move to suspend the deposition, and file a
20· ·motion with the Court.· You couldn't possibly
21· ·complete this deposition not having been here.· You
22· ·don't even know what's been asked or answered.· I'm
23· ·not going to take time for you to go through and
24· ·have the court reporter read all that to you.
25· · · · You also still have a law firm that is of
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·1· ·record in this case.· Until that law firm has
·2· ·withdrawn, they are your counsel.· I'm going to
·3· ·call upon your counsel to finish this deposition.
·4· ·She's still counsel of record.· Your son is here;
·5· ·he is still counsel of record.
·6· · · · MR. JONATHAN O'BOYLE:· Not true.
·7· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· So at this point, if your
·8· ·attorney wants to put on the record that she has
·9· ·been terminated and her firm has been terminated,
10· ·do you want to put that on the record?
11· · · · MS. HANNA:· My representation of Mr. O'Boyle
12· ·has been terminated, as the services of this firm
13· ·have been terminated as well.
14· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· Fine.· Then you'll
15· ·need to move -- And you're not going to take any --
16· ·not going to continue with this deposition at this
17· ·time?· Is that no?
18· · · · MS. HANNA:· Yes, that's a no.
19· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· So at this point are
20· ·you suspending the deposition, or what are you
21· ·doing?
22· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· I'm taking the
23· ·deposition.
24· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Excuse me.
25· · · · MS. HANNA:· Mr. Sweetapple, I asked you --
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·1· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· She's no longer counsel,
·2· ·Counselor.
·3· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· No, she's counsel of record,
·4· ·sir.
·5· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· I understand.
·6· · · · MS. HANNA:· Mr. Sweetapple, I asked you if we
·7· ·could suspend the deposition.
·8· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Right.· You cannot.
·9· · · · MS. HANNA:· You refused to.· And now you are
10· ·saying that you want to suspend the deposition.
11· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· No, no.· I want to know if
12· ·you're going to finish the deposition as counsel
13· ·for the Plaintiff.· You're telling me you've been
14· ·terminated.· Then I guess you can't make any more
15· ·representations on this record.
16· · · · MS. HANNA:· Correct.
17· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· I will suspend this and take
18· ·it up with the Court.· I think the termination in
19· ·the middle of the deposition is in bad faith.· I
20· ·think it's a ploy in order to try to continue this
21· ·deposition.· I'm going to ask the Court to
22· ·determine that this firm has been terminated from
23· ·all matters as a result of this, that it's no
24· ·longer Mr. O'Boyle's counsel on any matters.
25· · · · And I will be moving to suspend at this time.
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·1· ·I'll be moving for an award of attorney's fees and
·2· ·costs.· I think this is game playing.· We've had a
·3· ·good indication of that based on your questioning
·4· ·and based on this ploy by Mr. O'Boyle.
·5· · · · Have a good day.· I'll be filing a motion with
·6· ·the Court.· And we'll be serving Mr. O'Boyle
·7· ·personally with that motion.
·8· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· Madam Court Reporter, I
·9· ·would like to say --
10· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· The deposition is -- This is
11· ·concluded now.· You can go off the record.
12· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· You are not to turn off
13· ·the record unless both parties agree.· I do not
14· ·agree.
15· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Okay.· You're not --
16· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· I am a pro se party.
17· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You have not appeared.
18· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· I'm not going to debate
19· ·it with you, Mr. Sweetapple.
20· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· You can do whatever you want
21· ·on the record, Mr. O'Boyle.· Mr. O'Boyle, you talk
22· ·to the court reporter.
23· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· I am not going to debate
24· ·it with you.
25· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Mr. O'Boyle, talk to the
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·2· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· I'm not going to debate
·3· ·it with you.· Thank you.
·4· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Let the record reflect that
·5· ·all counsel, the counsel for the city, the counsel
·6· ·for the witness, and the witness had left.· And
·7· ·we're going to let Mr. O'Boyle sit here and talk to
·8· ·himself, his son, and his former law firm.
·9· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· No, I'm going speak to
10· ·the court reporter only, Mr. Sweetapple.
11· · · · MR. SWEETAPPLE:· Good.
12· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· And we will seek
13· ·sanctions against you.
14· · · · (Mr. Sweetapple, Ms. O'Connor, the witness and
15· ·Mr. Thrasher exited the room.)
16· · · · MS. HANNA:· Marty.
17· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· Anyway, I am here.· I am
18· ·pro se.· I was ready as I'm sitting in the person
19· ·formally taking the deposition's seat.· I am
20· ·prepared to take the deposition.· I alerted
21· ·Mr. Sweetapple to that.
22· · · · He has unilaterally decided based on what I
23· ·would consider to be inappropriate comments about
24· ·my psychiatric condition and so forth to walk out
25· ·of the deposition.
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·1· · · · We -- At this point if he leaves the building,
·2· ·we will ask the Court to allow us to continue the
·3· ·deposition.
·4· · · · We come in good faith.· We come with the
·5· ·thought of finishing the deposition.· The
·6· ·documentation that has been, I guess, shown to the
·7· ·witness and has been admitted as exhibits I'm
·8· ·familiar with.· And I feel that there could have
·9· ·been an easy transition for the completion of the
10· ·deposition.· And, indeed, there should have been.
11· ·And I will let Mr. Sweetapple's conduct speak for
12· ·itself.
13· · · · And beyond that, I would like to say thank you
14· ·very much for your patience, your tolerance and
15· ·your kindness.
16· · · · MR. MARTIN O'BOYLE:· We are off the record.
17· · · · (Deposition was adjourned at 11:46 a.m.)
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·1· · · · · · · · · · ·CERTIFICATE OF OATH
·2· ·THE STATE OF FLORIDA)
·3· ·COUNTY OF PALM BEACH)
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·5· · · · · · ·I, the undersigned authority, certify that the
·6· ·witness, SCOTT MORGAN, personally appeared before me and
·7· ·was duly sworn on Wednesday, the 26th day of March,
·8· ·2014.
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10· · · · · · ·Dated this 29th day of March, 2014.
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15· · · · · · · · ·KATHLEEN LUSZ, RPR
· · · · · · · · · ·Notary Public - State of Florida
16· · · · · · · · ·My Commission Expires:· 6/9/16
· · · · · · · · · ·My Commission No.:· EE 201660
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·1· · · · · · · · · · C E R T I F I C A T E
·2· ·THE STATE OF FLORIDA)
·3· ·COUNTY OF PALM BEACH)
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·5· · · · · · ·I, KATHLEEN LUSZ, Registered Professional
· · ·Reporter and Notary Public in and for the State of
·6· ·Florida at large, do hereby certify that I was
· · ·authorized to and did report said deposition in
·7· ·stenotype; and that the foregoing pages are a true and
· · ·correct transcription of my shorthand notes of said
·8· ·deposition.
·9· · · · · · ·I further certify that said deposition was
· · ·taken at the time and place hereinabove set forth and
10· ·that the taking of said deposition was commenced and
· · ·completed as hereinabove set out.
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12· ·counsel of any of the parties, nor am I a relative or
· · ·employee of any attorney or counsel of party connected
13· ·with the action, nor am I financially interested in the
· · ·action.
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15· ·does not apply to any reproduction of the same by any
· · ·means unless under the direct control and/or direction
16· ·of the certifying reporter.
17· · · · · · ·Dated this 29th day of March, 2014.
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· · · · · · · KATHLEEN LUSZ, RPR
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·1· · · · · · · · · ·DEPOSITION ERRATA SHEET
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·3· · · · Our Assignment No.· 112005
·4· · · · Case Caption:· ·MARTIN E. O'BOYLE
·5· · · · vs.· TOWN OF GULF STREAM
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·7· · · · · · ·DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY
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·9· · · · · · · ·I, SCOTT MORGAN, declare under
10· · · ·penalty of perjury that I have read the entire
11· · · ·transcript of my Deposition taken in the captioned
12· · · ·matter or the same has been read to me, and
13· · · ·the same is true and accurate, save and
14· · · ·except for changes and/or corrections, if
15· · · ·any, as indicated by me on the DEPOSITION
16· · · ·ERRATA SHEET hereof, with the understanding
17· · · ·that I offer these changes as if still under
18· · · ·oath.
19· · · · · · ·Signed on the _____ day of
20· · · ·________________, 20___.
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