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Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Randolph D. Moss: Motion Hearing held on 6/22/2026. Plaintiffs shall file (under seal if necessary) a complete list of every person involved in drafting the two motions for reconsideration along with their professional affiliations and bar admissions, if any, on or before June 29, 2026. See Minute Order for further filing instructions. (Court Reporter Sherry Lindsay) (zglw)
.Order ~Util - Set/Reset Deadlines
MINUTE ORDER: For the reasons stated on the record at the hearing held on June 22, 2026, and in light of Plaintiffs' counsel's representation on the record that Plaintiffs filed a motion for reconsideration containing hallucinated citations and then re-filed a materially identical motion despite having been put on notice of its deficiencies, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall file (under seal if necessary) a complete list of every person involved in drafting the two motions for reconsideration along with their professional affiliations and bar admissions, if any, on or before June 29, 2026. It is further ORDERED that James R. Tate and Paul Mickelsen shall file a sworn declaration attesting that they will take full responsibility for any future filings in this case on which their signatures appear, and that they will personally verify the substantive accuracy of any factual or legal representation contained therein, on or before June 29, 2026. This includes verifying the accuracy of all quotes and citations, and it imposes an independent duty on counsel to verify that a good faith and reasonable basis exists for all factual assertions. Finally, the Court notes that Plaintiffs' counsel stated that he believed that the Court's minute order of April 16, 2026, relieved him of his obligation to have at least two partners at Tate, Bywater, Fuller, Mickelsen & Tull, PLC, sign any filings submitted in this matter. Having reviewed the Court's order, which referred unambiguously to staying only Plaintiffs' "deadline to pay the sum of $100,000 as sanctions to Defendant Joe R. Reeder," the Court cannot see how the order could have been interpreted in good faith as Plaintiffs claim. To remove any ambiguity, the Court reiterates that all future filings submitted by Plaintiffs in this matter must bear two such signatures for as long as that firm continues to represent the Plaintiffs, and both signatories must take full responsibility for the accuracy of all legal and factual citations and quotes contained in the filing and must certify that nothing contained in the filing is "being presented for any improper purpose," Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)(1). Signing a lawyer's name to a brief that the lawyer has not read, as apparently occurred here, is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 6/22/2026. (lcrdm3)
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