February 23, 2012

Federici v Pignotti et al

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Posted January 5th, 2011 by Guest

Summary

Threat Type: Lawsuit	Date: 12/17/2010
Status: Concluded	Location: Virginia
Disposition: Dismissed (total)	Verdict/Settlement Amount: n/a
Legal Claims: Conspiracy; Defamation; Tortious Interference
Virginia Psychologist Ronald S. Federici is suing multiple parties from multiple states (Florida, New Jersey, Nebraska, Colorado) for defamation, conspiracy, and tortious interference. Defendants are authors of blogs, forum comments, and websites that were critical of his writings and practices. Plaintiff has... read full description

Parties

Party Issuing Legal Threat:	Party Receiving Legal Threat:
Ronald S. Federici	Monica Pignotti, Jean Mercer, Charly Miller, Linda Rosa, Larry Sarner, Advocates for Children in Therapy, John Does 1-10
Type of Party:	Type of Party:
Individual	Individual
Location of Party:	Location of Party:
Virginia	Florida; New Jersey; Colorado; Nebraska
Legal Counsel:	Legal Counsel:
Domingo Rivera	Amy Owen, Kirstin Zech, Sarah Bagley

Description

Virginia Psychologist Ronald S. Federici is suing multiple parties from multiple states (Florida, New Jersey, Nebraska, Colorado) for defamation, conspiracy, and tortious interference. Defendants are authors of blogs, forum comments, and websites that were critical of his writings and practices. Plaintiff has also named John Does 1-10, alleging conspiracy with unidentified anonymous bloggers and others.
Public documents on this case are available via Pacer.

Update:

3/28/11 - The court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court also granted the motion of defendants Pignotti and Mercer to dismiss for failure to state a claim.

5/31/11 - After the claims against the named defendants were dismissed, Federici moved to dismiss without prejudice the claims against the John Doe defendants.

6/1/11 - The court granted Federici's motion to dismiss the remaining claims against the John Does.

Details

Website(s) Involved:	Content Type(s):
http://www.childrenintherapy.org http://stopchildtorture.org/ http://www.charlydmiller.com/LIB13/2009FebFedericiPage.html http://phtherapies.wordpress.com/ http://cyabuseaware.blogspot.com/ http://psychjourney_blogs.typepad.com/monica_pignotti_/	Text
Publication Medium:	Subject Area(s):
Blog Forum Website	Anonymity Blogs Defamation Free Speech SLAPP User Comments or Submissions

Court Information & Documents

Location of Filing/Threat:	Source of Law:
Virginia	Virginia
Court Name:	Court Type:
Virginia Eastern District Court, Alexandria	Federal
Case Number:
1:2010cv01418
Relevant Documents:
Federici's Complaint (11-24-2010) Notice of Removal to Federal Court (12-17-2010) Pignotti's Memo in Support of Motion to Dismiss (01-04-2011) Federici's Memo in Opposition to Pignotti's Motion to Dismiss (01-17-2011) Pignotti's Reply to Federici's Memo in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (01-20-2011) Dismissal Hearing Transcript (03-04-2011) Order Granting Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (03-28-2011) Memo to Dismiss John Does (05-31-2011) Dismissal Order for Does (06-01-2011)

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Last updated on June 27th, 2011

Federici v Pignotti et al: Case Dismissed

Submitted by Monica Pignotti on Sat, 03/05/2011 - 08:56.

As a defendant in this case, I have an update. Yesterday, March 4, 2011, our Motion to Dismiss was heard in Eastern District Court of Alexandria, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee presiding and the motion to dismiss was granted for all defendants. The case is now dismissed. I will send relevant documents on the dismissal when they become available.

When I obtain the documents, may I post them by submitting a new entry in this database? How is this done?

Thanks and I really appreciate your website.

Monica Pignotti, MSW, PhD

Thank you for updating us on

Submitted by David Ardia on Sat, 03/05/2011 - 23:41.

Thank you for updating us on the case. We'll be in contact with you via email to upload the documents to this entry. -David

Update Re John Does 1-10

Submitted by Monica Pignotti on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:55.

As noted, the case was dismissed on March 28, 2011 for all named defendants. However, there was one loose end to tie up: the John Does 1-10, the anonymous internet posters. On June 1, the case was officially dismissed for John Does 1-10. Details are available here:

http://wp.me/pRiaK-jK

As of June 1, 2011 the case is now officially terminated for all concerned.

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