DeSantis Scores Over Disney; Mouse House Denied Effort To Make Florida Suit All About First Amendment Violations, For Now
deadline.comThe Walt Disney Company has been blocked again in the Florida courts in its battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis – – at least for the time being.
A motion by the Mouse House today to amend its April 22 filed complaint against the alleged retaliatory GOP candidate and various Sunshine State officials to purely constitutional issues was quickly denied by a federal judge.
The blow to Disney’s effort to streamline the initial suit to avoid overlapping with contractual elements of a state court case filed by DeSantis and crew this summer is a result of the company apparently not following the rules to have the other side agree or at least chime in on the request. “Plaintiff’s motion to amend is DENIED without prejudice because it does not comply with Local Rule 7.1(C), which requires a certificate confirming compliance with Rule 7.1(B)’s attorney-conference requirement,” U.S.
District Judge Allen Winsor ordered in a heading spinning fast reply to Disney’s motion to amend that was submitted just earlier today. “Plaintiff may refile the motion after conferring with Defendants and otherwise complying with the Local Rules,” he added in the optimistic belief that either side in this bitter dispute could agree on much except how they clearly have contempt for each other and see the other side as a stepping-stone of sorts (read the judge’s order denying Disney’s motion here).
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