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MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA v. CYPRESS

Case No. 12-22439-Civ-COOKE/McALILEY.

MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA, a sovereign nation and Federally recognized Indian tribe, Plaintiff, v. BILLY CYPRESS, DEXTER WAYNE LEHTINEN, ESQUIRE, MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY, JULIO MARTINEZ, MIGUEL HERNANDEZ, GUY LEWIS, ESQUIRE, MICHAEL TEIN, ESQUIRE, and LEWIS TEIN, PL, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

January 16, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Plaintiff, represented by Edward Alan Marod , Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Jonathan H Kaskel . Yesenia Fatima Rey , Law Office of Bernardo Roman III, Yinet Pino , Law Offices of Bernardo Roman III, Bernardo Roman, III , Law Office of Bernardo Roman III, P.A. & William King Hill .

Billy Cypress, Defendant, represented by Robert O. Saunooke & Steven Mark Goldsmith , Steven M. Goldsmith, P.A..

Dexter Wayne Lehtinen, Esquire, Defendant, represented by Dexter Wayne Lehtinen , Lehtinen Schultz Riedi Catalano de la Fuente.

Guy A. Lewis, Esquire, Defendant, represented by Jack Roy Reiter , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Jeffrey Michael Cohen , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Paul A. Calli , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Charles Patrick Short , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Marissel Descalzo , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Wendy J Stein , Keller Landsberg PA & Yolanda P. Strader , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A..

Michael R. Tein, Esquire, Defendant, represented by Jack Roy Reiter , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Jeffrey Michael Cohen , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Paul A. Calli , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Charles Patrick Short , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Marissel Descalzo , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Wendy J Stein , Keller Landsberg PA & Yolanda P. Strader , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A..

Lewis Tein PL, A professional association, Defendant, represented by Jack Roy Reiter , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Jeffrey Michael Cohen , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Paul A. Calli , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Charles Patrick Short , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Marissel Descalzo , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Wendy J Stein , Keller Landsberg PA & Yolanda P. Strader , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A..

Julio Martinez, Defendant, represented by Manuel A. Avila , Manuel A Avila & Associates, P.A..

Miguel Hernandez, Defendant, represented by Scott Alan Lazar , Koltun & Lazar, P.A..

Jose I Marrero, Material Witness, represented by Lawrence Walter Duffy .

OMNIBUS ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR SANCTIONS

MARCIA G. COOKE, District Judge.

Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, I previously warned, "an eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." See Omnibus Order Granting Defs.' Mots. Dismiss at 22. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida's internal feud blinded its counsel, Bernardo Roman III, Esquire and Roman Law, from adhering to the ethical tenets of our profession while pursuing legal claims...

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