Citing “sudden occasions”, Jason Cardiff’s attorneys filed for a trial continuance on December 4th.
Sudden occasions have restricted the time accessible for counsel to successfully put together for trial on February 4, 2024.
First, counsel misplaced his full-time affiliate who opened his personal agency. Secondly, and extra importantly, Mr. Cardiff has been unavailable for trial preparation attributable to his sudden sickness whereas in Dublin, Eire and is being examined and evaluated by medical skilled.
Third, counsel had undertaken a commerce secret matter for a long-standing shopper previous to coming into an look on this case.
Counsel subsequently needed to divert time to file a commerce secret motion, acquire injunctive aid and take expedited depositions on behalf of a protracted standing shopper which resolved in early November, 2024.
In brief, counsel has not had adequate time to successfully put together a trial protection given the factual complexity
of this case and the sudden absence of his shopper.
The DOJ opposed Cardiff’s movement, asserting important overlap in discovery already produced in Cardiff’s 2018 FTC case.
Importantly, Defendant’s victims have been ready for justice since 2018.
The delay in scheduling defendant’s trial continues to delay justice to the entire victims of his offenses, together with the sufferer witnesses which were ready to testify at trial for the previous yr.
Cardiff (proper), who’s at present abroad purportedly in search of medical therapy (and completely not mendacity to the courtroom in order to spend Christmas and New Yr together with his spouse and youngster, who’re additionally in Eire), was scheduled to face trial on February 4th, 2025.
On December eleventh the courtroom overruled the DOJ’s objections and rescheduled Cardiff’s trial to July fifteenth, 2025.
Two days later, Cardiff filed one other ex-parte movement in search of an extension of his time in Eire.
Citing earlier objections, as soon as once more the DOJ opposed the movement. And and as soon as once more the courtroom overruled stated objections.
On December twentieth the courtroom entered an order permitting Cardiff to remain in Eire until January nineteenth, 2025.
Whereas it may appear Cardiff, who alongside together with his spouse was reprimanded for mendacity to the courtroom in his FTC case, is as soon as once more taking the mickey out of proceedings, the courtroom did stipulate;
Absent extenuating circumstances, Defendant is warned that the Court docket is unlikely to grant future requests to journey or lengthen journey.
Whether or not Cardiff cooks up “extenuating circumstances” between now and January nineteenth stays to be seen.