Breaking: Judge Denies Defendants’ Motion to Seal Filings
Aren’t the Dog Days supposed to be slow news days as well? Apparently not.
Yesterday, Judge Brook Hedge lifted the seal on the motions regarding the plaintiff’s request to pull the defendants’ Verizon phone and email records.
The defense argued to keep them under a tight lid on privacy...
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Another Day, Another Revelation – UPDATED 12:30pm ET
> Just made available, the public document that accompanied the most recent plaintiff filing, embedded after the jump.
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Another document hit the clerk’s office late last week, and despite Judge Brook Hedge’s order that sealed filings be accompanied by a public document, this one has no such companion. Her language was clear:
“ORDERED...
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Court to Nix Dix Pix ?
We may have a clearer picture of the skirmish over the plaintiff’s motion to pull the defendants’ phone and email records from Verizon.
The defense objected, citing privacy, and asked for all related documents to remain sealed. Yesterday, Judge Brook Hedge sided with the defense and ruled they will stay locked...
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Both Sides Work Towards a Trial Date
The first order of business for Judge Brook Hedge in the wrongful death civil suit was to set some deadlines going forward. She wanted to see each side’s proposed scheduling orders by August 6.
They’ve been submitted. Today, August 13, marks another deadline: due is the Defendants’ Responses to Plaintiff’s...
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And So Are All Documents…For The Moment
A funny thing happened on the way to the clerk’s office…
August has proven to be a busy month, at least with regard to Kathy Wone’s pending civil case. Last week, Daniel Suleiman filed a plaintiff’s motion asking the Supreme Court of New York to issue a subpoena compelling Verizon...
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On August 2nd, 2006, Washington attorney Robert E. Wone was murdered at 1509 Swann Street. Over two years passed before any criminal charges were filed - and then only conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering charges were brought against the Swann Street housemates, all present in the home on the night of the murder: Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky.
On May 17, 2010, a DC Superior Court trial got underway and all three defendants were all acquitted in that bench trial on those pending charges.
Nearly four years later, very little seems clear about what happened that night and who murdered Robert Wone. A cloud of suspicion remains over the Swann Street defendants who have denied any involvement in the murder of their friend or in the alleged cover up.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz found a moral certainty in their collective guilt, but not evidentiary certainty. Civil proceedings in a wrongful death suit filed by Robert's family is the next chapter in this tragic story.
We continue to work together seeking answers to the mystery of Robert Wone's murder and in finding justice for his memory and legacy.
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