面对RULE 11惩处的威胁,海明终于服软了。他在前日签了一份文件1)承认自己的错误(wrongdoing);
2)向华人被告道歉,恳求被告的饶恕;
3)作出经济赔偿。
在Rule 11的威慑下,一向口头上很强硬的海明终于俯首伏法。唉,早知今日,何必当初。
我突然觉得海明有点可怜。海明早听我的,他也用不着这样痛哭流涕的哀求宽恕。联邦法院门朝哪边开都没搞清,就冒然上阵,以为有个执照就代表法律智商。殊不知,美国律师人数比程序员人数还多,饭桶多去了。
海明的道歉如果运用得当对桑兰现任律师也许有帮助--可以把乱来的责任一股脑推给海明。法庭因此明白,那些不靠谱、乌七八糟的东东都是海明所为。另外,海明明确承认性侵之类指控是为了迫使被告民事和解,这是律师规则明文禁止的。海明虽然与被告和解,律师协会却不会姑息海明,桑兰起诉海明malpractice 也有了铁证。
桑兰案形势目前尚有六项指控成活,估计如果双方互不示弱,还有得打。这也是给华人社区学习盎格鲁-撒克逊司法传统的机会。
03/02/2012 | | STIPULATION AND ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL OF RULE 11 MOTION: the undersigned counsel hereby consents to the partial dismissal of their pending Motion for Sanctions. pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 11, only as against attorney Ming Hai, Esq., with prejudice, and without costs, expenses or attorneys' fees to any of the parties as against the other, and pursuant to the attached Agreement of Settlement, with the settlement amount redacted. (Signed by Magistrate Judge James C. Francis on 3/2/2012) (pl) Modified on 3/5/2012 (pl). (Entered: 03/05/2012) |
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