IN THE CIRCUIT COURT oF CooK COUNTY,ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPAITTMENT - LAW DIVISION GUAVA LLC, v. SKYLER ) Plaintiff, CASE, Defendant. ) ) ) No'2012L007363 ) ) ) ) ) ) MOTION TO STRIKE IMPROPER PLEADINGS plaintiff Guava, LLC respectfulty submits this rnotion, pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule by 2l8,to strike the entirely frivolous, not to rnention moot, emergency motion submitted Attorney Erin Russell. In support of its rnotion, Plaintiff states the following: *o..--t. Russetrl Attorney Russell's Emergency Motion is not an emergency' In fact, Attorney completely fails to comply with this Court's standing order regarding emergency motions. First, as this Court bluntly points out, "True emergencies are rare". In this that situation, Attorney Russell fails to point out any imminent harm or crisis will occur if party her emergency motion is not heard. As Attorney Russell herself admits, the third ISP has already complied with the subpoena' 2. Next, Attorney Russell ignores this Court's requirement that an emergency motion is by any only proper when "the necessity to be heard as an emergency was not caused own inaction of the movant". Here, attorney Russell adrnits in her motion that it was her Russell admits in client,s fault that his motion was not filed in a timely rnanner. Attorney . 3 her motlon that her anonymous, mysterious, client contacted her on October ,2012' 3. the Third, according to this court, "An ernergency motion will only be heard after Hefe' Flaintiff movant has conferred, or attempted to confer, with opposing counsel'" s was never apprised counsel, and based upon inforrnation and belief, Defendant's counsel, as Attomey of the impending emergency motion. In fact, quite the opposite occurred, Russell intentionally concealed her preparations to file her motion' 4. a minimum of Attorney Russell spoke with Attorney John Steele, Attorney for Plaintiff, 5 these times on October 3,z1l1regarding several other clients of hers. During was preparing an conversations, Ms. Russell did not disclose to Attorney Steele that she Supreme emergency motion in this case, nor did Ms. Russell comply with the Illinois a good faith meet Court Rule 218, which rnandates that an attorney attempt to engage in and confer regarding outstanding discovery disputes' 5. Attorney Russell's demonstrated modus operandi, which she is using in this and other cases, is to file emergency motions at the 1lth hour, appear ex parte, and make completely unfounded and outrageous claims to the court. 6. As this Court is aware, Attomey Russell has recently . used this tactic. After failing to properly notify ANY of the attorneys representing actual parties to the case, Attorney raising Russell filed an emergency motion and appeared before this Court and started arguments on behalf of the parties. 7. It is worth noting that the emergency motion filed by Attorney Russell is not allegations' accompanied by an affrdavit, or even the identity of who is making any of the person So, for all practical purposes, this Court has neither the ability to evaluate the making the claims, nor the ability to punish any false statements. 8. any of Attorney Russell's acts threaten the integrity of this Court when she fails to notify the actual attorneys in this rnatter, and then raises various defenses, besides having inappropriate communications with this Court, she is estopping the actual parties from raising these argurnents. g. plaintiff would like to stress that Attorney Russell, by her own admission, does not represent any pulty in this case. This atrone, should raise alarm by this Court as to why Attorney Russell is literally attempting to take over this Court's docket. As Attorney Russell proudly exclaimed to the court on her last appearafica she has recently signed up 29 new John Does as a result of her entirely unprofessional, and rapid fire filings. While such tactics may indeed provide great marketing for the next 29 hackers that are looking to conceal their identities relating to their hacking activities, the actual parties, this courl, and the Illinois judicial system lose. GUAVA LLC One of its attorneYs ,be..'. r' PaulA. DuffY, Esq., #485517 2 N. LaSaile Street, 13th Floor Chicago, IL 60642 3r2-952-6136