Trump Asked to Stay Carroll Judgment and Not Require Bond Now Response Due Feb 29

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By Matthew Russell Lee Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Feb 25  – The business day after the verdict against Donald Trump for $83.3 million in mostly punitive damages to E. Jean Carroll, Trump's lawyer wrote to the judge that "defense counsel learned for the first time of allegations that Your Honor, while a partner at the Paul Weiss firm, had a “mentor” type relationship with Plaintiff’s lead counsel, Roberta Kaplan."

Alina Habba concluded, "this Court should provide defense counsel with all of the relevant facts. At a minimum, this information could certainly prove relevant to President Trump’s forthcoming Rule 59 motion." Letter on Patreon here. That was rejected.

On February 23 Habba filed a request to "Stay Execution of the Judgment Pending Disposition of the Post-Trial Motions," on the following grounds:

An Unsecured Stay of Execution Is Appropriate Where, as Here, Post-Trial Motions Are Substantially Likely to Affect the Amount of the Judgment.

The Uncertainty of the Bond Amount Warrants an Unsecured Stay

B. Post-trial motions are very likely to reduce the amount of the judgment. ...............4  1. The Punitive Damages Award is Excessive and will likely be Reduced.

The Compensatory Damages Award is Likely to be Reduced

 An Unsecured Stay of Judgment Will Impose “Minimal” or No Risk to the Plaintiff .............11 A. An Unsecured Stay While Post-Trial Motions are Pending Poses Minimal Risk .......11  B. Plaintiff Concedes that President Trump can Satisfy the Judgment .

12 III. Failure to Stay Execution of the Judgment Will Inflict Irreparable Injury............13 IV. An Unsecured Stay Until 30 Days After Disposition of Post-Trial Motions Is Warranted Under Both Multi-Factor Tests.....

...14 V. In the Alternative, the Court Should Authorize a Substantially Reduced Bond

Memo on Patreon here.

Then docketed on Sunday, February 25, SDNY Judge Kaplan "declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first having afforded plaintiff an opportunity to be heard. Any response by Feb 29, '24. Any reply by March 2." Inner City Press is on it -

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