2012-03-27 Transcript Re Incivility

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TWENTY-SECOND

JUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT

2

PARISH

OF ST. TAMMANY

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

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ELIZABETH

VARLEY KEISTER

NO. 2010-14558

6 VERSUS

7

ROBERT SCOTT

KEISTER

DIVISION L

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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS t aken

before t he

13 Honorable Dawn Amacker, Judge

Pre s id ing

Div i s ion

14

L , Twenty-Second J u d i c i a l D i s t r i c t Cour t

Pa r i s h

of

15 St . Tammany, S t a t e

of Lou i s i ana

on Tuesday

March

16

27 2012 in Covington , Louis i ana .

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18

APPEARANCES:

19 ELISABETH

W

RAMIREZ,

ESQ.

ATTORNEY FOR ELIZABETH

VARLEY KEISTER)

20

JOYCE NANINE McCOOL,

ESQ.

21

ATTORNEY

FOR

ROBERT SCOTT

KEISTER)

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REPORTED BY:

26 GISELLE B.

FORD, RPR,

CCR

OFFICIAL

COURT REPORTER

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CERTIFICATE

NO.

85116

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1 TH COURT:

2

Keis t e r versus Keis t e r

3

Ms. Ramirez i s

here ,

and Ms.

McCool.

This i s ,

4 again, a

compliance

hear ing . I f we have something

5

quick ,

I

wi l l

deal

with it

now.

I f

not , I

am going

6 to p re t ry my cases . And then we ' l l - - I th ink we

7 have a shor t hear ing I can

handle .

8

Has

there been compliance?

9 MS McCOOL:

10

I c an ' t say

for

sure yet ,

Your

Honor, because

a

11 l o t of

s t u f f

was brought to

my o f f i c e

yes te rday , and

12

I

was in

cour t a l l

day

yes te rday . I j u s t

picked

it

13

up t h i s morning.

14 TH COURT:

15

Okay.

16

MS McCOOL:

17 I know

t ha t

some of it s still not

t he re ,

but

I

18 don ' t know how much of it

i s

ac tua l l y here .

19

MS RAMIREZ:

20 Your Honor, we,

in

accordance with

the

Cour t ' s

21 orde r s ,

we

provided supplementa l

responses

on

the

22 22nd of

March.

Yesterday,

we

got an e-mai l from

Mrs.

23 McCool, and she says , You don ' t have t h i s ,

you

don ' t

24 have

t ha t ,

and

you

don ' t have t h i s . This i s

the

25

f i r s t t ime I am hear ing I don ' t have something t ha t

26

she

says t ha t

I

was

supposed to .

27

But

in

any

case ,

Ms. Keis te r

went

and

went

over

28 to her of f i ce and del ivered some o the r documents.

29 You know, some

of

the

documents she j u s t

doesn ' t

30

have, l i ke the mortgage on the

house

and the

31

re f inance agreement.

She ' s

- -

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TH COURT:

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1 Well l i s t e n , not to

i n t e r r u p t you

bu t t h i s

2

sounds

l i k e

it s

g e t t i n g a little more

compl ica ted .

3

This i s

what it sounds l i k e

to

me i s t h a t

you j u s t

4 got documents you have

to look a t ,

which

may

o r

may

5 not

s a t i s f y

the compl iance hear ing

s e t

for

today .

6 My

sugges t ion i s

t ha t ,

unless

you have t ime to

7 sit

down

and l ook a t

a l l

of them because you can see

8 I have a l o t

going

on today, you might

be

able

to

say

9

t he re

s

compl iance .

10 MS. RAMIREZ:

11

Yes.

12 THE COURT:

13

I f

you have t ime, let s

t r y to

sit down

14

somewhere. You c a n t use t he confe rence room

because

15

I

w i l l

be

using

t h a t ,

bu t

f ind

a

wi tness

room

o r

16

somewhere to

see

if t he re i s compl iance .

I f

t he re i s

17

not , you can

tell her

w ha t s

miss ing . And I wi l l

s e t

18 the compl iance hear ing

again

fo r ano the r week or two

19

and we

can come back

and

con t inue to

do

t h i s u n t i l

we

20 have

compl iance . All r i gh t .

You

may

have

a l l

o f

it

21

today .

Why

d o n t

you go

in

a

wi tness

room

somewhere

22

and

see .

23

MS. RAMIREZ:

24

I am wi l l i ng to sit

down

with her in the wi tness

25

room.

26

THE

COURT:

27

So

we

a re

going

to

pass

t h i s

m a t t e r f o r

now.

28 Ms. McCool look

a t

every th ing

and see if

you

can

29 de te rmine if you have compl iance .

30 THE OURT CONSIDERS OTHER MATTERS.)

31 MS. McCOOL:

32 Good a f te rnoon, Your Honor. Nanine McCool on


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b e h a l f o f Rober t Sc o t t K e i s t e r . This i s number

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2010-14558.

3 MS RAMIREZ:

4 E l i s a b e t h Ramirez on b e h a l f o f

El i z a b e t h

Var ley

5

K e i s t e r .

6 MS McCOOL:

7

Your

Honor we were

p r e v i o u s l y

here on March 7 th

8 on a compl iance h e a r i n g when

you o r d e r ed

Ms. Ramirez

9

and

her

c l i e n t

to

respond

to

t h e

o u t s t a n d i n g

10 d i scovery

re q u e s t

wi th in 15 days , a long wi th s e ve ra l

11 o the r

t h i n g s ,

and

we a re here

today

on

compl iance .

12 And I u n d e r s t an d t h a t you a re going to give them

13

an o th e r

14

days

to comply.

I am

not a v a i l a b l e on

14 t h a t da te , and

I

have to tell you Your Honor wi th

15

all

due

r e s p e c t ,

I

d o n t

see

t he

p o i n t

in

coming

16

back.

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TH COURT:

I

know

you d o n t ,

Ms. McCool

b u t t h a t s why

-

MS McCOOL:

Can I p l e a s e

f i n i s h ?

THE COURT:

No.

I m t a l k i n g . Why d o n t you b o t h be s e a t e d

because

I have a

few

t h i n g s

to say abou t

t h i s

one.

And I d o n t need any deep s ighs , and I d o n t need

anybody

i n t e r r u p t i n g me.

I t o l d

both

o f you

l a s t t ime , and

I am

going

to

say

it aga in , I v e hea rd abou t

a l l

I

want

to h ea r on

t h i s compl iance

r u l e .

Las t t ime

I t o l d you I d o n t

s p l i t t he

baby.

I d id

something

t h a t was v e ry hard

on

Ms.

Ramirez .

I look a t t h e c o u r t orde r s . She has

compl ied wi th

t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y o f

what

I asked h e r

to

do. The one

t h ing

I

see

t h a t

she

d id

not

do i s

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1

t ha t

she d i d n t f i l e

a c tu a l l y in

the record on the

2 day she was supposed

to , which

was l a s t Thursday the

3

answers .

She

has now

f i l e d

t ha t

today.

4 I unders tand

from Ms. McCool

t ha t , you

know

5 from

what

I m hea r ing from you - - I am

not ge t t ing

6

i n to

the d e t a i l s

today

- - t ha t

t he re

are

still some

7 responses t ha t you have not rece ived , and they

are

8 de f i c i en t

because

you j u s t rece ived

them

on Thursday

9

and

I

th ink

you

t o ld

me

over

the

weekend

t he re

were

10

some

th ings t ha t you had to do. You did your

bes t

11 you could

with

it but you still even today weren t

12

able

to

even

get

to

t h i s u n t i l you got to cour t

13 today. There

are

still some de f ic ienc ie s , in your

14

opin ion , t ha t she needs

to

get to

you;

i s t ha t

15

co r rec t ?

16 MS. McCOOL:

17

T h a t s

co r rec t , Your Honor.

18 TH COURT:

19 And

what

I

had asked both

of you in

chambers

i s

20

for you two

- - because

you two c a n t

speak

and I am

21

going

to

address

t ha t

in

j u s t

a

moment

as

wel l

22

what I

had asked

you in

chambers i s to come in

here

23

and on the record , pu t on the record, j u s t as if you

24

had

your

10.1 conference - -

I

guess

t h a t s

what

w e l l

25 c a l l

it t ha t you

had e a r l i e r today what

you still

26 f ind to be de f i c i en t , if

you are

prepa red to do t ha t

27

on

the record

so

Ms.

Ramirez

can

know

in

no

28 uncer ta in t e rms

what

she has

to

come

back in

here

29 and

give

us .

30

Now I

have

cour t

almost

every day of every

31

week

of

every month o f every year ,

here

in fami ly

32 cour t . Mr.

Moormad

i s

smi l ing because

he knows

t ha t

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i s t r u e . And

t he bot tom

l i n e

i s , I d o n ' t

c a re

if you

2 c a n ' t

come.

I

j u s t

p ick ed a day out

t h ree

weeks from

3 now. Come on

t h a t

Monday

t h a t Wednesday t h a t

4

Thursday

o r

t h a t Fr iday .

Jus t

check

wi th

my

c l e r k

5

here

and p i c k

one

o f

those

days o f t h a t week and come

6 in

on t h i s compl iance he a r ing .

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Now it w i l l still

be

b e fo re t h e Cour t , Ms.

Ramirez do

you owe Ms. McCool a d d i t i o n a l

a t t o r n e y ' s

fees

as

a

r e s u l t

o f

t he s e

th ings

t h a t

should have

come

in a long

t ime ago.

I d o n ' t know. I w i l l

l i s t e n to

a l l

t h a t

on

t h a t day.

I f t h e r e ' s been

f u l l

compl iance and you two can ge t it re so lved , you

d o n ' t

have to come

in on

t h a t day.

I

t o l d

you t h a t l a s t

14 t ime. You j u s t

l e t my

s e c r e t a r y know and you ' r e

ou t

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o f

here .

There i s

p e r so n a l an imos i ty between

t he

two

o f

you t h a t w i l l end today, a t l e a s t while you a re in my

cour t room

o r

in t h i s cour thouse ,

or

t he re w i l l

be

consequences .

I f I hear t h a t

anyone ' s

be ing c a l l e d a

f reak

or a

b i t ch

o r making g e s t u r e s towards each

o the r

where

someone

might

t h ink

they

might

be

in

danger

o f being

p h y s i c a l l y

a s s a u l t e d , you w i l l answer

23 to me and

you

w i l l answer t o the Bar .

24

Does

everyone

unders tand

t h a t ? In no u n c e r t a i n

25 t e rms ,

it

ends here today . You have t he r i g h t

to

26 f r ee speech. But I

r ead you

t he

Code

of

Profess i ona l

27

Conduc t .

t

w i l l

not

happen

ag a in

t h a t

I

hear

about

28

it in t h i s

cour thouse o r

my cour t room.

29 Ms. Ramirez do

you

unders tand t h a t ?

30 MS. RAMIREZ:

31 Yes.

32 TH COURT:

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1 And Ms.

McCool

do you u n d e r s t an d

t h a t ?

2 MS. McCOOL:

3 I

do

Your Honor.

4

THE

COURT:

5 Thank

you v e r y much.

Now you can, all

day

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10

l ong , tell me you d o n t agree wi th what I am

doing

today , and t h a t i s f i ne . I w i l l no te it for t he

re c o rd . But

you

w i l l come back on t h i s one .

It w i l l

be

con t inued

u n t i l

- -

do you

have

your

c a l e n d a r s ou t?

What

day

o f t h a t

week can you make i t ?

I f you

c a n t

11 make it on Tuesday

can

you make it on Monday t he

12 16th?

Do

we

have c o u r t on

-- what

days do

we

have

13 c our t t h a t week

Dawn?

L e t s j u s t

p i c k ou t

days .

14 MS. RAMIREZ:

15 Can

I

j u s t

ask

t h i s one

que s t i on .

I f

she

has a

16 de f i c i e nc y ,

can

she g ive me t h i s list?

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THE

COURT:

She i s going

to

g ive

it

to you

r i g h t

now in j u s t

a moment.

MS. RAMIREZ:

Okay.

T h a t s

what

I

was

wai t ing

fo r .

THE

COURT:

But let s t a l k

about

the d a t e

one minute

first.

What da te do we

have?

M D M

CLERK:

The 16 th , 17 th o r

19 th .

THE

COURT:

T h e r e s

the da te s

on t h a t week.

I d o n t c a re

which one you come. Can you do t he o the r two? Ms.

McCool says

she

c a n t do

the

17 th . Can

you

do the

16 th or

t h e

19th?

MS. McCOOL:

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I

apologize,

Your Honor.

I

am

in

a conference

2

3

a l l

t ha t

week.

THE COURT:

I am

not

even going to

be

in

town.

4 Do you want to do it the

next

week? What

about

5 the

next

Tuesday? What s the next Tuesday, Dawn?

6 M D M CLERK:

7 It s the 24th.

8 THE COURT:

9

How

about

the

24th?

10 MS. McCOOL:

11 I

w i l l

be here on something

e l se ,

so yes .

12 THE COURT:

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Ms. Ramirez,

can you

make it

on the

24th?

MS. RAMIREZ:

I

th ink

so.

THE COURT:

24th ,

9:30 a.m. All r i gh t .

Now Ms.

McCool s

going

to put on

the record

for you,

Ms.

Ramirez,

and

you e i the r get a copy of it

or you make

good

notes

because , by goodness ,

these

t h i ngs

had

b e t t e r

be

suppl i ed .

I

d o n t

want

to

hear

any

arguments about

it by

the

t ime

I

see you

next

t ime. And the only th ing I would

suspec t

you might

be here on i s are there

more

a t to r n e y s fees and

25 cos t s due. What are they,

Ms.

McCool?

26 MS. McCOOL:

27 The

outs tanding

discovery?

28 THE COURT:

29

Well,

what you

say,

as o f

your

meet ing today,

30 she h a s n t suppl i ed to you. Tha t s what I need to

31

know.

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MS. McCOOL:

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Per

my e -mai l

sen t on

Fr iday ,

a t

6:54 p.m,

Your

2

c l i e n t does not inc lude any

ev idence

of the mortgage

3

and r e f i nance

t h a t t he

Kei s t e r s executed in J u ly

4 2010. S p e c i f i c a l l y , p le a s e have her p rov ide a copy

5

o f

a l l

c l os i ng

documents and any documents

executed

6 p r i o r

t o , or

in a n t i c i p a t i o n

o f r e f i nanc i ng , as

wel l

7

as d e t a i l s of a l l ext raneous accounts

t h a t were

pa id

8 o f f by the

r e f i nance ,

if such accounts were pa id o f f ,

9

during

the

course

o f

the

c l os i ng

or

as a

c ond i t i on of

10

the

r e f inance .

That r e que s t

has

been ou t s t a nd ing

11

s inc e September 6th of 2011.

12

TH

COURT:

13 You've got

t h a t

down,

Ms.

Ramirez?

14 MS RAMIREZ:

15

Yes.

And

I

j u s t

want

to

say

t h a t

Ms. Kei s t e r

16 has

reques ted

it from t he mortgage

company.

17

TH

COURT:

18

Tha t ' s t he one you s a i d might t ake t en to

19 four teen days to

get i t ?

20 MS RAMIREZ:

21

Yes.

She ' s

asked

for it

from

the

mortgage

22 company, so we a re dependent upon them as to

when

23 they send it.

24 TH

COURT:

25 Where i s

the

mortgage company?

26

MS RAMIREZ:

27

Where i s

i t ?

28 MS

KEISTER:

9 I

hone s t l y

d o n ' t

know

where

it s l oca ted , Your

Honor.

be l i eve it s in

C a l i f o r n i a .

It s a

0

31

subs i d i a ry of USAA

It s

U.S.

Bank

and

Mortgage.

32 be l i eve it s in

C a l i f o r n i a .

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TH

COURT:

2 I f you have

to

c a l l them

every day

or walk out

3

to C a l i f o r n i a yourse l f ,

I

have given t h i s one

- - t h i s

4 has been going on s ince September o f l a s t year ,

and

I

5

mean

it

when

I say I

want t hose documents

produced

by

6

nex t

t ime. Are we

c l e a r on t ha t ?

7 MS KEISTER:

8

Yes, Your

Honor.

9 TH COURT:

10

Thank you very much.

What e l s e ,

Ms.

McCool?

11

MS McCOOL:

12 And I

j u s t want

to

make

it

very

c l e a r t ha t I am

13 no t

asking for a mortgage

document .

I am ask ing

for

14 a l l

t he

documents t h a t went

with

t h a t c l os i ng because

15 Ms.

Ramirez

has

r epea t ed l y sa id

mortgage

document .

16

I am

making very c l e a r t h a t

i s

not what

I am

asking

17 fo r .

18

MS RAMIREZ:

19 Jus t

a

que s t ion .

I d o n t know

about r e a l

20

e s t a t e ,

what

the r e a l e s t a t e a t t o rneys do

and

a l l of

21

t ha t . But

the

a t t o rneys

t h a t

pass

t he

s a l e s , maybe

22

they keep cop ies o f

t h i s kind o f

th ing in

t h e i r

23

f i l e s .

24 TH

COURT:

25

I d o n t know.

I am

not

g e t t i n g i n to t ha t today .

26 J u s t do your b e s t t o ge t it

27

MS RAMIREZ:

28 Okay.

29

TH COURT:

30

I f it

i s t o t a l l y

unavai l ab le

and

you

have proof

31

o f

t ha t , wel l ,

guess

what, I am

not

going to

hold

you

32 to g e t t i n g it

But

you

b e t t e r

have

someth ing

to me

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1 t h a t says it i s una va i l a b l e what she i s

ask ing

fo r .

2 What e l s e ?

3 MS. RAMIREZ:

4

Righ t .

5 MS. McCOOL:

6 Well

she prov ided s p e c i f i c

i n fo rmat ion wi th

7 rega rd to t h i s

p a r t i c u l a r

accoun t in

her

DOL so I

8 b e l i e v e t h a t

she

has some i n fo rmat ion t h a t has no t

9

been prov ided to me.

10 TH COURT:

11

I am no t

l i s t e n i n g

to

arguments

about

it today .

12 I am j u s t t e l l i n g you

if

you

have it g e t

it

t o h e r ,

13 o r if you

can

ge t it g e t it

to

he r .

14 MS. RAMIREZ:

15

T h e r e s

no

document .

She

got

t h a t

from

c a l l i n g

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t he mortgage company.

TH COURT:

I f

you and Ms.

McCool

cou ld speak

wi th

each

o t he r ,

t h i s

would

be r e a l

easy .

MS. McCOOL:

I m

t r y i n g .

MS. RAMIREZ:

I f

I

cou ld .

TH COURT:

Lis t e n

to me.

Other

than be ing

in my cour t room,

I

do

a l o t

around h e re .

I d o n t dea l g e n e r a l l y with

eve ry

b i t

o f

communicat ion

in

d i scovery

i s s u e s

between a t t o r n e y s .

MS. RAMIREZ:

I unders t and .

TH

COURT:

I v e

only done t h i s one because

o f how

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12/16

1

acr imonious it

has been between the two of

you.

2 What s the next one?

3 MS McCOOL:

4

There was

a pr i o r

mortgage t ha t was

re f inanced

5 in Ju ly of

2010.

I

would

l i ke

a l l

the c l os i ng

6

documents

t ha t

a re assoc ia t ed

with

t ha t p r i o r

7

mortgage.

8 MS RAMIREZ:

9

We

d o n t

even

know

where

t ha t

i s .

10

MS

KEISTER:

11 Those were des t royed

in Kat r ina .

12 TH

COURT:

13

I

d o n t

need a

response today about

it. I f

14

15

16

t h a t s your

response , put it

in

wr i t ing and be

prepared

to

prove

it.

I f

it s ava i l ab le

from

anothe r

source , you

have

to ge t it.

17 All r i gh t . Next .

18

MS McCOOL:

19 I f

they wil l

provide

the address of the pr i o r

20

mortgage

company and the account number fo r t ha t

21

mortgage,

t ha t

w i l l

a l so

s a t i s f y

t ha t

reques t .

22

TH

COURT:

23

Write t h a t down, Ms. Ramirez. What s next?

24

MS McCOOL:

25

Those

were the two

t ha t are

remaining . There

26 were

severa l t ha t

were

provided today, not before the

27

compliance

date .

28 MS RAMIREZ:

29

Your

Honor,

I

j u s t

want

the Court to know t ha t

30

we

haven t

been

j u s t hold ing

on to

documents and not

31 producing them j u s t for

the

fun

of it.

We d o n t

32

r e a l l y

- -

we

d o n t have

these

documents .

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1 THE COURT:

2 Well

- -

3 MS. RAMIREZ:

4 We are going to do

our

bes t to ge t them.

5 THE COURT:

6

I unders tand .

The ru l ing

of the Court

i s

what

7 it i s . I wil l see

you back on

the cour t

da te

which

8 we ass igned .

Did

we f i na l l y ass ign i t ?

9 M D M CLERK:

10

Apri l

24th.

11 THE COURT:

12

Apri l 24th. There s your no t ice . Be here ,

13 unless t h e r e s compliance. I f

t he re i s ,

let s get

14 over it and

move

on everybody.

15

MS. McCOOL:

16

Your

Honor on

t ha t note , I

must say

t h i s - -

and

17 I r ea l i z e t ha t

you are

out of pat ience with

me

but ,

18

f rankly , I d o n t see the poin t in - -

19 THE COURT:

20 Excuse

me.

I

am

what with you? What

did

you

21

say?

22 MS. McCOOL:

23 You

are

out

of

pa t i ence with me and I

- -

24 THE

COURT:

25

No no no. No Ms. McCool. I have

the

26 pat ience of

Job.

27

MS. McCOOL:

28 I

agree

with

you.

You do have the pa t i ence of

29

Job.

30

THE COURT:

31

Let me

j u s t

say t h i s :

I am not out o f pat ience

32 with you and I

am

not

out of p t i e n c ~ with Ms.

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1 Ramirez.

I am t e l l i n g both of you what I

t o l d

you in

2 chambers I was going to do, then, when I came out

3 here . All I

am hear ing i s

t ha t ,

you know,

reasons

4 t ha t you want me to do something e l s e . I have cases

5 t ha t

are

s e t to be t r i e d t h i s af te rnoon. I t o ld you

6

what

I was

going to do

back in chambers. I

7 unders tand your c l i e n t s

f ru s t r a t i on

with the

8

s i t ua t i on ,

and I unders tand you

two

d o n t l i ke each

9

o the r ,

but

we

are

going

to

move

on.

Does

everyone

10

unders tand

tha t?

11

MS McCOOL:

12 And, Your

Honor, then, I

would l i ke

to make,

on

13

the

record ,

t ha t

I objec t to the fac t t ha t t h i s i s

14 being

ignored,

t ha t Mrs. Ramirez s conduct i s being

15

ignored .

And

even

though she

admit ted

to

her

conduct

16

in

your

chambers

and now my c l i e n t has pa id for me to

17 be

here a l l

day

aga in . And

I m so r ry .

I unders tand

18 t ha t you have a l o t more impor tant t h i ngs to

do

than

19 t h i s , so do I .

20

MS RAMIREZ:

21

Well,

you

know

- -

22

MS McCOOL:

23

And I did eve ry th ing t ha t I

knew

how to do not

24 to be here

today .

25

MS RAMIREZ:

26 Well , Your

Honor - -

27

MS McCOOL:

28 And

i n s t ead

29

TH COURT:

30

I d o n t need

e i the r

one o f you to say anyth ing .

31 MS RAMIREZ:

32 Okay.

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1 TH COURT:

2 I am

c u t t i n g

you

bo th o f f

a t t h i s po in t , and I

3 am making t h i s one s ta tement . I sa id when I

saw

you

4 o r w i l l see you

t h ree weeks

from now

Ms. McCool

I

5 h a v e n t i gnored any th ing . I sa id it s

still

before

6 me a t t o r n e y s fees

and

cos t s . We

w i l l see

if t he re

7

i s compl iance .

8 We

d i sag ree

on

whether o r

not

the

Cour t ,

a t

9

t h ree o c lock ,

having

d e a l t

with

t h i s

and

many o t he r

10 m a t t e r s a l l day long, has ignored you. I d i s a g re e

11 with t h a t s ta tement .

12 MS McCOOL:

13 I

d i d n t

mean to say t h a t

you

ignored

me.

14

15

TH COURT:

You

may

remove

yourse lves

from

the

cour t room.

I

16

w i l l

see you back on t he c our t da t e . Thank you

very

17

much.

18 MS RAMIREZ:

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

3

31

32

Thank

you.

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1 REPORTER S CERTIFICATE

2 This c e r t i f i c a t e i s v a l i d only for a

3

t r a n s c r i p t

accompanied by

y

o r ig in a l

s i gna t u re and

4 o r ig in a l

r equ i red

sea l on

t h i s

page .

5 I , G i se l l e B. Ford

O f f i c i a l Court

Repor te r ,

6

in

and for the Sta t e

o f

Louis i ana , employed as an

7 o f f i c i a l c our t r e p o r t e r by the Twenty-Second J u d i c i a l

8 D i s t r i c t Cour t , for

the

Sta t e

of

Louis i ana , as

the

9

o f f i c e r before

whom

t h i s

t es t imony was

t aken ,

do

10 hereby c e r t i f y t h a t

t h i s

t es t imony was r e por t e d by me

11

in

t he

s tenotype r epor t i ng method

was prepared and

12 t r ansc r ibed

by

me or under my d i r e c t i o n

and

13

supe rv i s i on ,

and i s a t r u e and c o r r e c t t r a n s c r i p t to

14

t he

bes t of y

a b i l i t y and unders t and ing ;

t ha t the

15

t r a n s c r i p t

has been

prepared

in

compliance

with

16

t r a n s c r i p t

format

gu i de l i nes r equ i red by

s t a t u t e

or

17

by

ru l e s o f t he board or by the

Supreme

Cour t

o f

18 Louis i ana , and t h a t I am not r e l a t e d to

counsel or

to

19 t he p a r t i e s

here in ,

nor am I o therwise i n t e r e s t e d in

20

t he outcome o f

t h i s mat te r .

21

22

23

24

25

26

-------------------------

Gise l l e

B.

Ford

CCR, RPR,

C e r t i f i c a t e

No.

85116

Current and

in

good s t a nd ing

CERTIFICATE O

ILING

I

hereby c e r t i f y t h a t the foregoing t r a n s c r i p t

27

has been

submi t t ed to

the

Clerk

of C o u r t s Off ice

28

for

f i l i n g

i n t o t he record on

the

______ day

o f

29 2013.

30

31

32

Gise l l e B. Ford CCR, RPR

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