Facebook Fires Back At Ceglia: What About The ‘Smoking Gun?’

Now, it’s Facebook’s turn: The social network filed its rebuttal to the filing by Paul Ceglia’s legal team on Facebook’s request to dismiss Ceglia’s lawsuit, inferring that Ceglia is using his request for comparable time for discovery as a delaying tactic, and saying that the plaintiff and his lawyers continue to ignore the most compelling piece of evidence in the case.

The smoking gun Facebook is referring to is the authentic contract between Ceglia and Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg related to StreetFax, and not Facebook. Here are some of the key points from Facebook’s filing, with today’s hearing under way:

Plaintiff Paul Ceglia’s opposition to defendants’ stay motion confirms three critical points, each of which establishes that Ceglia is not entitled to plenary discovery.

First, this is the second time that Ceglia has asked this court to authorize wide-ranging discovery in the face of defendants’ showing that the entire lawsuit is a fraud.

In June 2011, defendants sought expedited discovery based on a good-cause showing that the work for hire document attached to Ceglia’s amended complaint and the alleged emails quoted within it were complete fabrications. Ceglia objected to defendants’ request and sought broad discovery of his own on an array of collateral issues. This court correctly rejected Ceglia’s objections, ordering the limited discovery defendants sought concerning Ceglia’s fraud based on the substantial showing they made.

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Source: allfacebooknews.com

By David Cohen