No. 19-6544

Bradly M. Cunningham v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-knowledge anti-SLAPP civil-rights civil-rights-violation defamation defamation-statute discovery due-process false-light media-liability state-actor-doctrine statute-of-limitations
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Can the Court stay of this matter until final resolution of a related and dependant money damages case, Cunningham v. Washington County et al., 9th Circuit Case No. 18-35413 (see Tab C); or, in the alternative,

2. Can the Court Order: (a.) the Petitioner be allowed to obtain all withheld discovery from the SONY et al.; and, (b.) Order this lawsuit eligible for trial on the merits under ORS 31.150 et seq. (1995) with specific provisions: all relief is available to the Petitioner including defenses to his [wrongful] conviction set forth in Cunningham v. Washington County et al., 9th Cir Case No. 18-35413 (Tab C), as well as available relief under the 1995 defamation/false-light statute, including but not limited to, a full retraction and correction of Dead by Sunset by SONY et al., in the same prominance as all the promotions and November 1995 broadcast, in compliance with ORS 31.150 et seq. (1995), and specifically pursuant to Petitioner's October 27, 2016 Demand for Retraction and Correction.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court can stay this matter until final resolution of a related and dependent money damages case, or order the petitioner be allowed to obtain all withheld discovery from the respondents and make this lawsuit eligible for trial on the merits under Oregon's anti-SLAPP statute with specific provisions for available relief

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2019-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-22
Waiver of right of respondents Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2019-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Bradley M. Cunningham
Bradly M. Cunningham — Petitioner
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al.
Duane A. Bosworth IIDavis, Wright, Tremaine, Respondent