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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
NEIL J. GILLESPIE,
Plaintiff,
CASE NO. : OSCA720S
vs.
DIVISION: H
BARKER, RODEMS & COOK, P.A. ,
a Florida corporation; and WILLIAM
J. COOK,
Defendant.
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TRANSCRIPT OF: PROCEEDINGS
BEFORE: Honorable Claudia R. Isom
DATE: February 13, 2007
TIME: 9:20 a.m. to 9:22 a.m.
PLACE: George Edgecomb Courthouse
800 East Twiggs Street
Tampa, Florida
REPORTED BY: Rebekah M. Lockwood, RPR
Notary Public
State of Florida at Large
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APPEARANCES:
NEIL J. GILLESPIE, PRO SE
8092 S.W. 115th Loop
Ocala, Florida 34481
Appeared for Plaintiff;
RYAN CHRISTOPHER RODEMS, ESQUIRE
Barker, Rodems & Cook, P.A.
400 North Ashley Drive
Suite 2100
Tampa, Florida 33602
Appeared for Defendant.
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The transcript of proceedings, before the
Honorable Claudia R. Isom, on the 13th day of
February, 2007, at the George Edgecomb Courthouse,
800 Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida, beginning at
9:20 a.m., reported by Rebekah M. Lockwood, RPR, and
Notary Public, in and for the State of Florida at
Large.
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PROCEEDINGS
THE COURT: Okay. On the record in the
matter of Gillespie vs. Barker, Rodems &
Cook. And Madame Court Reporter, your name?
C THE REPORTER: Rebekah Lockwood.
THE COURT: Okay. And Mr. Gillespie is
here pro se. And you're
MR. RODEMS: Chris Rodems.
THE COURT: Mr. Rodems --
MR. RODEMS: Yes, ma'am.
THE COURT: -- is here on behalf of the
firm and Mr. Cook individually.
MR. RODEMS: Correct.
THE COURT: And I had spoken to
Mr. Gillespie last week, and he informed me
he was in need of a court order to follow up
on his motion for voluntary dismissal. And
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then
MR. GILLESPIE: Judge, can I interrupt
for a minute?
THE COURT: Hold the phone. And since
that time I've been told he filed a couple
more motions. And I informed him that he had
set orally at our last hearing that he was
going to be filing a verified motion to
disqualify myself and just I'm making a
record, I haven't received it. Now, go
ahead.
MR. GILLESPIE: I have a copy of it for
you.
THE COURT: Is this it?
MR. GILLESPIE: Yes, Judge.
THE COURT: Okay. Thank you. All
right. Now that I've received it, we can't
proceed on any of the pending motions until I
issue a ruling on this. And --
MR. RODEMS: We'll await your ruling.
THE COURT: Okay. All right. And the
Court cannot qualify -- comment on the
truthfulness of any of the allegations. I
just rule on whether or not it's sufficient
as a matter of law.
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MR. GILLESPIE: Thank you, Judge. And
can I say something about a notice of
voluntary dismissal that I filed?
MR. RODEMS: I would object to that.
That would be inappropriate at this point
given the Court's ruling.
MR. GILLESPIE: I'll give you a copy of
it anyway. And you already have a copy of
it, so --
THE COURT: Okay. Thank you, sir.
MR. GILLESPIE: Thank you, Judge.
(Proceedings concluded at 9:22 a.m.)
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ebekah M. ock ood,
Notary Publi
State of Florida at Large
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CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER
STATE OF FLORIDA:
COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH:
I, Rebekah M. Lockwood, RPR, Notary Public
in and for the State of Florida at Large, do hereby
certify that I reported in shorthand the foregoing
proceedings at the time and place therein designated;
that my shorthand notes were thereafter reduced to
typewriting under my supervision; and that the
foregoing pages are a true and correct, verbatim
record of the aforesaid proceedings.
Witness my hand and seal March 7, 2011, in the
City of Tampa, County
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REBEKAH LOCKWOOD
Notary Public. State of florida
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