Vincent McCrudden v. John DeMarco
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I.
INTRODUCTION
On March 16, 2022, Plaintiff Vincent McCrudden (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and subsequently granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, filed a Complaint against John DeMarco (“DeMarco”), James D. Daily (“Daily”), the Daily Law Group, Stassi Media Group LLC (“Stassi”), Stassi Capital Publishing Group, LLC, Stassi Media, LLC, Stassi Native Capital Holdings Group, LLC, (collectively “Stassi Defendants”) and against Kathleen McFarlin (“McFarlin”), and Katmac Company, LLC (“Katmac”) (collectively “Katmac Defendants”) (collectively “Defendants”). Dkt. 1. Plaintiff alleges Defendants made false misrepresentations, breached a contract, and infringed on his copyrighted work.
On September 29, 2022, the Court held a telephonic hearing on several motions. At the hearing, the Court advised Plaintiff that the language he used in his correspondence with counsel was inappropriate, citing several specific examples of curse words and threatening language. The Court ordered Plaintiff not to use this type of language in future communication in the case and warned that an order to show cause why sanctions up to and including dismissal should not be imposed would be issued such…