# IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CA FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC ) Publisher of THE PALM BEACH POST, Plaintiff, ) ) ) v. ) DAVE ARONBERG, as State Attorney of ) Palm Beach County, Florida, SHARON R. ) BOCK, as Clerk and Comptroller of Palm ) Beach County, Florida, ) ) Defendants. )

CASE NO. 50-2019-CA-014681-XXXX-MB

Division: AG

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Plaintiff, CA FLORIDA HOLDIN Palm Beach Post') for its Objection moot states: \*dim ts' Motions to Dismiss on the ground they are "S ePublisher of The Palm Beach Post, ("The

- The Palm Beach C. is a daily community newspaper published by plaintiff CA Florida Holdings, of the Attorney,
- 3. Beach Post commenced this action seeking to obtain the public release roceedings conducted by the office of the former Palm Beach County State Krischer, from its prior criminal prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein. The Palm Beach Post sued the current Palm Beach County State Attorney, Dave Aronberg, and the current Palm Beach County Clerk, Sharon R. Bock, solely in their official capacities who may have custody, control and possession of the Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records.
  - 4. The Palm Beach Post filed its original Complaint on November 14, 2019.

January 24, 2020 on defendants' Mio • ii the Court grant other just and p WHEREFORE, The Palm Beach P Ily requests that the hearing scheduled for iss the original Complaint be cancelled, and that

Dated: January 21, 20201

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- 5. The State Attorney and Clerk separately moved to dismiss the original Complaint.
- 6. The Court has scheduled a hearing on defendants' Motions to Dismiss for January 24, 2020.

7. On January 17, 2020, The Palm Beach Post filed and served its First Amended Complaint, pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.190, which states in pertinent part:

> A party may amend a pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served ....

8. In light of the filing of the First Amended Complaint Motions to Dismiss the original Complaint are now moot.

9. The Palm Beach Post requests that the hearth de ndants' Motions to Dismiss, scheduled for January 24, 2020, be cancelled as the Mo .0 smiss are directed to the original Complaint, which is no longer the operative plea 14

Respectfully submitted,

GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A.

Attorneys for CA Florida Holdings, LLC, Publisher of The Palm Beach Post

Stephen A. Mendelsohn, Esq. 5100 Town Center Circle, Suite 400 Boca Raton, Florida 33486 Telephone: (561) 955-7629 Facsimile: (561) 338-7099

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