IN THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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AARON C.
BORING AND CHRISTINE BORING, husband and wife respectively, Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE, Inc., a California corporation, Defendant. |
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CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 08-cv-694 (ARH) |
PLAINTIFFS’
REPLY TO DEFENDANT GOOGLE’S RESPONSE
TO
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO STAY
PENDING
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
FROM THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
AND NOW, come Plaintiffs,
by and through the law firm of TECHNOLOGY & ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES LAW
GROUP, P.C.:
1.
Defendant
Google has no objection to the stay sought by Plaintiffs. At the same time, Google seeks to strike the
exhibits from Plaintiffs’ motion.
Google’s request is mooted thereby based upon the standard of review;
however, in prudence and caution, Plaintiffs briefly address Google’s request
to strike.
2.
This case was
instituted to address the basic American and human substantive rights to
protect private property rights, and the basic American and human substantive
rights to protect privacy rights.1 [FN1.
See, generally, The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948 (“No one shall be subjected to
arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home”).] In the course of
trying to make their case for these important substantive rights (such as Plaintiffs
see it as important), Plaintiffs were denied the basic Constitutional right to
a trial to make their case, which denies procedural due process. This little case wraps into it three of the
most fundamental human rights.
3.
Plaintiffs
respectfully assert that this Court and the Third Circuit have misapplied the law
in dismissing Plaintiffs’ claims. To
wit, Plaintiffs’ claims are plausible.
4.
A 12(b)(6)
motion is on the pleadings, with inferences in favor of the plaintiff. To deny plausibility on the pleadings is a
somewhat abstract assessment in draconian form, which is part of the pain and
confusion of the recent Twombly/Iqbal standard.
5.
A Rule 68
Offer is not an offer of settlement, nor is it confidential. A Rule 68 Offer is an admitted
cram-down. Google offers absolutely no law
whatsoever that its Rule 68 Offer must be removed from indexing, freedom of
information or public inspection, because that law does not exist. The existence of the document and its content
is the truth and speaks for itself; however, why the document exists is
for this Court’s consideration.
6.
Let us keep
our eye on the ball: Plaintiffs assert that it is plausible that Google can
intentionally disregard private property and privacy rights. It was pleaded, and it is plausible. This Court, with the United States Third
Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled that it is not plausible. Because a 12(b)(6) motion is on the
pleadings, the question is ruled upon in the abstract.
So, how will the
undersigned demonstrate that the issue is judiciable for
appeal in light of the stay that Plaintiffs request? The exhibits are merely offered to this Court
to demonstrate judiciability of the appeal, which is relevant to the question
presented. Admissions by Google are
exceptions to hearsay. Google admits it
intentionally disregards obtaining property owner consents because it would
slow down deployment, and, at the same time, Google admits it is responsible
for filtering. Because Google did not
obtain Plaintiffs’ consent, nor did Google filter the content, in addition to
driving past signage – all pleaded – collectively demonstrates factual
plausibility despite the application of the law. It demonstrates the very problem with Twombly: Plaintiffs are entitled to make
their case, and Plaintiffs have a true basis to do so.
7.
This is a
jury trial. Google makes no analytical
distinction whatsoever between filing the Rule 68 for admissibility and
its intended substantive purpose of constraining the award at trial,
versus offering the document to this Court for such weight as this Court will
give it, as any public record, for the procedural question before
it. After taking the full 14 days to
file a non-objection, Google fails to cites any applicable case whatsoever
binding upon this Court. The undersigned
has an ethical obligation to his clients of zealous representation; there is no
law indicating the attachment of the exhibits to Plaintiffs’ motion is not
permissible for the purpose offered, and, accordingly, there is certainly no
binding or well-established applicable law as misstated by Google. Moreover, Google waives any impropriety by
request because it failed to follow Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure to do so.
8.
Plaintiffs’
argument has been stated now many times, to wit: Google seeks forgiveness,
rather than permission. And, now it
discloses more of its intention that, if you do not forgive it, it will destroy
you in Rule 68 costs. That is the truth. Google’s factual argument: Google can drive
on your private property, past signage, take pictures and publish them
worldwide for a profit. Google’s legal
argument: You cannot sue for punitive damages, you cannot sue for compensatory
damages, you can sue for nominal damages of $1, but, if you get $1, being less
than $10, it will claim all of the bully costs that a $34B company can generate
against a mom and a pop vindicating their legal rights in America.2. [FN2. A dog that bites after the fact is relevant
to prove its latent vicious propensity before the fact. Google’s intention is relevant to the
judiciability of the question presented.]
This is the truth.
9.
This Court
seeks the truth. The documents attached
to Plaintiffs’ motion are true. The
motion exhibits speak for themselves and should be given such weight as the
Court deems appropriate; this Court can consider the authority of each document
and its source (e.g., Google, CNN and
The Press Democrat), in the context
of the issues before this Court.
Although
Plaintiffs accept the admission of Google’s argument for the more constrained
legal appeal point of extrinsic evidence on a 12(b)(6) motion, that argument is
not applicable here.
WHEREFORE,
Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court grant a stay of this proceeding
as requested in their motion.
Dated: April 22, 2010
s/Gregg R. Zegarelli/
Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq.
PA I.D.
#52717
Dennis M. Moskal
Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq.
PA I.D.
#80106
Counsel
for Plaintiff
Z E G A R E L L
I
Technology & Entrepreneurial
Ventures Law Group, P.C.
Allegheny
Building, 12th Floor
Pittsburgh,
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412.765.0401
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The
undersigned hereby certifies service of process of a true and correct copy of
this document as follows:
The following person or persons are
believed to have been served electronically in accordance with the procedures
and policies for Electronic Case Filing (ECF) on this date:
Brian P. Fagan, Esq.
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
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New York, NY 10019
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New York, NY 10019
Elise M. Miller, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Gerard M. Stegmaier, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
s/Gregg R. Zegarelli/
Gregg R. Zegarelli, Esq.
PA I.D.
#52717
mailroom.grz@zegarelli.com
412.765.0401
Counsel for
Plaintiffs
Z E G A R E L L I
Technology & Entrepreneurial
Ventures
Law Group, P.C.
Allegheny
Building, 12th Floor
Pittsburgh,
PA 15219-1616