| In Guinea
Mine Case Soros Gets Dag Cramer
Deposition, Cost Shifting After, Then Oct
28
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 23 – There was a
proceeding in BSG Resources
(Guinea) v. George Soros, et
al., on February 5, 2021
and Inner City Press
covered and live tweeted it,
below.
On August 17,
Soros' lawyers wrote to
demand deposition of Beny
Steinmetz and Dag Cramer.
Plaintiff's lawyers have
replied that the Soros demand
is improper as it was not
prefaced by any meet and
confer.
Judge Keenan
issued an "ORDER denying as
moot [274] Letter Motion to
Compel... Should Mr.
Cramer and Mr. Steinmetz fail
to appear for their 30(b)(1)
depositions as ordered
previously, they will be in
violation of a Court Order,
and Defendants may move for
sanctions and other relief, as
appropriate."
But on August 18,
Dag Cramer through counsel
wrote in to say he never said
he agreed to be deposed, and
cannot and will not do so on
August 24.
On August 20,
Cramer's counsel wrote that
"Mr. Cramer is willing to
submit to a voluntary
deposition on September 23 or
30...through Zoom."
Now on August 23,
this: "ORDER granting in part
and denying in part [283]
Letter Motion for Conference
re: [283] This Court's Order
(ECF 258) is stayed as it
relates to Mr. Cramer only.
Mr. Cramer shall be deposed
September 23 or 30, 2021. This
is a Court-ordered date based
on counsel's representation
that he will appear. Failure
to appear will be treated as a
violation of this Order and
may result in sanctions. Mr.
Cramer may be deposed up to an
additional two hours on the
issue of scheduling his
deposition, and communications
related to the same. If the
parties cannot agree on how
this time will be shared,
Defendants and Plaintiffs will
split the time (i.e., one hour
each), with Defendants going
first. If Mr. Cramer intends
to assert any privilege over
any communications with David
Barnett or Barnea Jaffa Lande
("Barnea"), he is directed to
file a letter brief no longer
than 5 pages by September 7,
2021, identifying the
privilege. Any responsive
briefing by any party shall be
filed by September 10, 2021.
After Mr. Cramer's deposition
is completed, the Court will
allow the parties, Mr. Cramer,
his counsel, Mr. Barnett, and
Barnea, an opportunity to be
heard and to present evidence
concerning the availability
of, and legal basis for, any
sanctions and/or fee or
cost-shifting related to the
delays in Mr. Cramer's
deposition, and if necessary,
issues arising from Mr.
Cramers deposition itself. The
Court will hold an in-person
status conference on October
28th at 10:00 a.m. at the
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Courthouse, 500 Pearl St.,
Courtroom 20D, to discuss
these issues. Plaintiff's
counsel is directed to serve a
copy of this Order on Mr.
Barnett, Barnea, and Mr.
Cramers counsel, and file
proof of such service on the
docket."
Watch this site.
From Feb 5, 2021:
Plaintiiff's counsel: There
were several presidents of
Guinea during the time period,
until George Soros got
involved with the new
president and changed all the
rights... Soros or him minions
told us with sufficient money
or bribes we could keep our
rights.
Plaintiff's
counsel: Judge Keenan correct
described our allegations as
George Soros corrupting the
process in Guinea. Our claims
are against Soros, not the
government of Guinea.
Judge Wang: Is it
pronounced Vah-lay or
Vail? A:
Vah-lay...
Judge Wang: And
when was what you call the
kangaroo court?
Plaintiff's
counsel: Sorry, it was a
kangaroo administrative
tribunal.... George Soros came
on the scene with President
Conde
Soros' counsel:
BSG is affiliated with Beny
Steinmetz. They began under a
military regime. Alpha Conde
was elected in 2010. Under
him, an administrative
tribunal found there had been
bribes to the fourth wife of a
previous
president.
Soros' counsel:
We disagree with Judge
Keenan's decision. But here we
are.
Judge Wang
directs the parties to do
directed discovery then submit
a status letter.
The case is BSG
Resources (Guinea) Limited et
al v. Soros et al., 17-cv-2726
(Keenan / Wang)
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