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	Motion for Discovery Referee and to Compel Roger Mahony to Comply with Discovery, 2 Hearings May 16th in Hagenbach Cases Going to Trial July 9. City of Angels [Los Angeles] April 28, 2007 http://cityofangels3.blogspot.com/2007/04/motion-to-compel-roger-mahony-to-comply.html (Calendar for next week listed below) It takes a court order to get Roger Mahony to comply with discovery law. On May 16th plaintiffs ask Judge Fromholz to compel the archbishop to answer interrogatory questions and produce documents. In addition plaintiffs request a Discovery Referee in a hearing May 16th as every time plaintiffs try to depose a witness, the church blocks them. When Mahony did respond he gave this answer to almost every question: "Responding party responds that discovery is just commencing. Based on this, current lack of information responding party must respond that it denies this request." (Responding party must respond that he does not respond?) "Plaintiffs have filed numerous motions to compel due to Defense Counsel's egregious conduct," writes Tony DeMarco. "Repeatedly defendants have used the tactic of instructing witnesses not to answer appropriate questions designed to illicit information bearing on key elements of plaintiffs' cases. "For example plaintiffs have been forced to seek the assistance of this court in order to obtain discovery depositions of: Monsignor Arthur Lirette Monsignor Charles O'Gorman Bishop John Ward Bishop Juan Arzube Father George Neville Rucker Just to name a few. While church attorneys prevent witnesses from speaking, "Plaintiffs depositions have been taken and plaintiffs have provided supplemental responses to discovery requests," writes Katherine Freberg.
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